Senate Republicans’ $1.3 trillion coronavirus-response package rejects Democratic calls to expand paid leave provisions for workers, creating a partisan fault line that could complicate efforts to wrap up negotiations by early next week.
“We need to get this done Monday. The American public needs us to move forward,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said as he left a meeting with senior Senate Republicans at the Capitol on Thursday. “Our objective is to have Congress pass legislation on Monday and have the president sign it.”
The Senate Republican opening bid (S. 3548) is a far broader bill than the House-originated ...
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