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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) listens as Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol on August 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. Negotiations between Pelosi, Schumer, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows are expected to continue today, as they look to find a compromise between McConnell's $1 trillion stimulus package and the $3 trillion package passed by the House in May.
The likelihood of a bipartisan accord on further relief package seemed distant despite 15 weeks passing after the Democrats' HEROES Act was voted through the House of Representatives.
Discussions between the representatives of the White House and the figureheads of the Democrat have interrupted amidst a dispute largely over costs, with the Republicans advocating a threshold of about $1 trillion while the proposal of the Democrats' was roughly around $3.4 trillion.
The HEROES Act hardly passed the House 105 days ago on May 15, with around 1,800 documents backed by 208 votes to 199.
Following this House approval, GOP leadership in the Senate asserted that it would not proceed with the upper chamber because of the price tag, Newsweek reported.
It has been labeled as a "socialist wish list" and designated as a "dead on arrival" in the upper chamber, with Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Majority Leader, at the moment calling for a break to determine which action they should be taking next, before acknowledging a necessity for further stimulus action.
The HEROES Act considered for another round of stimulus checks, worth up to $1,200 to those who are qualified and issued indistinguishable lines as the first round from the CARES Act.
The Republican and White House leadership from the Senate have declared support for further Economic Impact Payments to be made, but other factors, including the level of unemployment enhancement and arguments over accountability protections, have given rise to a halt in securing an agreement.
Recently, Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) were stuck in a situation where there should be a settlement to meet midway on a roughly $2.2 trillion worth package, then a bargain could be reached.
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Meadow said earlier this week that he was not positive for an accord being struck in negotiations soon.
Each side has been blaming the other for the delays, with Republicans having mentioned that they have been suggesting passing points in an uneven fashion- beginning at points of the accord before discussing more disputable issues.
According to Forbes, the Democrats have asserted that a package should be passed as a whole, while also criticizing the Republicans for the failure to pass their own package in the Senate. Previously, Pelosi suggested they would not be able to do that anyway, because of the divisions amongst their own ranks over what measures to make.
Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Minority Leader, directed criticism at US President Donald Trump and McConnell as he referenced the degree of the Covid-19 crisis.
Alongside a video clip with several quotes from the pair, which included McConnell's previous call for pause, saying that around 180,000 Americans have died because of the Covid-19 pandemic, adding that the US has already recorded around 6 million coronavirus cases. He was also questioned on his tweet if when will President Donald Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell decide to do something.
McConnell uttered that he was hoping there will be an action for a further boost in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, implying that the partisanship and the passion have risen, which contributed to the delay.
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