Deal reached in House after both parties relinquished key demands
Deal reached in House after both parties relinquished key demands From CNN's Clare Foran and Manu Raju The sun sets over the White House in Washington, DC on December 21. Samuel Corum/AFP/Getty Images Faced with Republican opposition, Democrats were forced to abandon a push for roughly $160 billion in aid to cash-strapped states and cities as part of the eventually agreed upon $900 billion Covid relief package, while Republicans dropped a demand for liability protections after Democrats signaled that was a red line. Democrats are already signaling that they want to see more relief passed in ...