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Second stimulus check updates: Talks escalate on long-delayed COVID-19 aid package, top lawmakers to meet
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Negotiators report progress on long-delayed COVID aid bill
By ANDREW TAYLORDecember 16, 2020 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) Top Capitol Hill Republicans labored Tuesday to keep the price tag for a long-delayed COVID-19 aid package in check, seeking to prevail in a battle over help for state and local governments, while capping the cost of bonus jobless benefits and direct payments sought by Democrats.
Negotiations on COVID-19 relief intensified Tuesday after months of futility. The top four leaders of Congress met twice in hopes of finally cementing an agreement that would revive subsidies for businesses hit hard by the pandemic, help distribute new coronavirus vaccines, fund schools and renew soon-to-expire jobless benefits.
Stimulus check update: Democrats squeezed as COVID-19 relief talks continue
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“We’re making significant progress and I’m optimistic that we’re gonna be able to complete an understanding sometime soon, said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Pressure for a deal is intense. Unemployment benefits run out Dec. 26 for more than 10 million people. Many businesses are barely hanging on after nine months of the pandemic. And money is needed to distribute new vaccines that are finally offering hope for returning the country to normal.
McConnell is playing a strong hand in the lame-duck session and is pressuring Democrats to drop a much-sought $160 billion state and local government aid package. Several senior Democrats, including close allies of President-elect Joe Biden who is eager for an agreement have said they would go along now and fight for the aid next year.
Democrats resigned to dropping local aid in COVID-19 bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before a Congressional Oversight Commission hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday Dec. 10, 2020 (Alex Wong/Pool via AP)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, speaks during a news conference following a weekly meeting with the Senate Republican caucus, Tuesday, Dec. 8. 2020 at the Capitol in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)
Published December 15. 2020 7:45AM | Updated December 15. 2020 7:31PM
By ANDREW TAYLOR, ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) As top Washington negotiators reach for a long-delayed agreement on COVID-19 relief, rank-and-file Democrats appear increasingly resigned to having to drop, for now, a scaled-back demand for fiscal relief for states and local governments whose budget
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