Congress and the Trump administration are quickly nearing a more than $400 billion deal on emergency funding for small businesses
While acknowledging that negotiations are ongoing, Pence told “Fox News Sunday” that “we are very close.” Schumer, who noted that “our staffs are meeting 24/7,” told CNN he was “very hopeful” an agreement would be reached Sunday night or early Monday.
Congress has faced pressure to pass PPP funding unanimously, as soon as possible. That pressure has mounted with reports that more than 22 million Americans have lost their jobs over the past month. But Democrats want some of the money to be set aside for communities with few banking institutions. And they’ve pushed for more money for state governments, local governments and hospitals.
“Nancy Pelosi is blocking it. She sits in her house in San Francisco, overlooking the ocean, and she doesn't want to come back. She doesn't want to come back,” Trump said at the White House on Saturday during his coronavirus briefing.“I don’t pay that much attention to the president’s tweets against me,” she said. “As I’ve said, he’s a poor leader. He’s always trying to avoid responsibility and assign blame.
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