Dec 15, 2020 5:34 PM EDT
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is playing a strong hand in the lame-duck session as he pressures Democrats to drop a much-sought $160 billion aid package for states and local governments struggling to balance their budgets because of the pandemic.
Watch McConnell’s remarks in the player above.
He and other top senate Republicans repeated the GOP position as talks on a long-delayed COVID-19 aid package intensified Tuesday.
“The way forward, obviously, is to put aside the two things that are the most contentious on each side; liability protection and state and local,” McConnell said.
“We can live to fight another day on what we disagree on, but we ought to agree to go forward on what we can agree on.”
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