Congressional leaders meet, cite progress in spending and stimulus talks
Mike DeBonis, Seung Min Kim and Jeff Stein, The Washington Post
Dec. 15, 2020
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WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiations on spending and economic relief legislation picked up speed on Tuesday, as top lawmakers met for an hour in the afternoon and then again in the evening, a sign that talks are reaching a critical stage.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hosted the three other most senior congressional leaders - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. - in her office.
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Relief Package Gives Retroactive Immunity to Corporations From COVID Lawsuits
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell puts on a mask after speaking to the media in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on December 8, 2020.
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One piece of a bipartisan Covid-19 relief package unveiled late Monday would give corporations sweeping and retroactive immunity from coronavirus-related lawsuits, a top Republican priority that civil rights groups, labor unions, and small business owners have decried as a green light for companies to endanger their employees and customers.
A summary (pdf) of the proposed corporate liability protections which the bipartisan group has attached to much-needed funding for state and local governments says that employers would not be “subject to liability under federal employment law in Covid-19 exposure cases or change in working conditions related to Covid-19 if the employer was trying to conform to public heal
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