Despite calls from governors, the legislation would exclude funding to directly assist state and local governments, as well as funding for food stamps.
WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiations on an interim coronavirus aid bill to further help small businesses and hospitals hit a snag Monday as Democrats continued to push for money for state and local governments.
Some progressive lawmakers, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., also voiced opposition to the developing legislation Monday. As of Monday morning, the deal was expected to include $310 billion more for the federal government's new Paycheck Protection Program, which was created in the last major relief package to help small businesses survive and ran out of funding last week. The interim measure was also expected to provide $75 billion more for hospitals and, according to three sources familiar with the talks, $25 billion for testing.
Last week, the Paycheck Protection Program, which provides forgivable loans to small businesses, was depleted, and Democrats and Republicans were deadlocked over how to pour money back into it. Democrats demanded that part of the funding be set aside for minority and underserved communities.
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