Deal on $2 Trillion Coronavirus Aid Close to Agreement
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We ran the numbers: There are 1982 news articles covering this topic. 27% (540) are left leaning, 42% (830) center, 31% (612) right leaning.
On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a Senate agreement regarding the third wave of emergency funding to address the coronavirus could be “hours” away. While left-leaning articles highlight crucial breakthroughs for the deal by Democrats, right-leaning articles highlight President Trump’s approval of the negotiations.
The New York Times published a left-leaning article reporting that a crucial breakthrough for the deal came when Democrats won concessions from the Trump administration to enact strict oversight over the $500 billion corporate aid fund, which includes installing an inspector general and a panel appointed by Congress to monitor it. The article notes that Democrats had issues with a previous version of the stimulus measure drafted by Republicans, in that they were concerned it would give Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin too much discrepancy in determining which corporations would receive the funds.
A centrist article by NPR reports that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that Democrats have secured a major expansion of the Unemployment Insurance program, which will provide four months of full salary payments for people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus. The proposal would not only allow more people to qualify for unemployment, but also expand existing unemployment by 13 weeks.
New York Post published a right-leaning article highlighting that when Mnuchin and Schumer spoke with President Trump over the phone throughout negotiations, they resolved most issues that arose. According to Schumer, Trump’s response to the package was “very positive,” even though he sent a late-night tweet slamming Democrats’ response to the coronavirus.