Pelosi puts $1,200 stimulus checks in jeopardy as she says she’s unwilling to give any more ground to GOP over aid
HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’s unwilling to give any more ground to Republicans in the fight for another coronavirus relief bill and $1,200 stimulus checks.
Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill on Friday, said she wasn’t going to budge on the $2.2trillion price tag for the stimulus bill.
The House Speaker said Democratic leaders have shown that they’re willing to compromise on a bill.
But White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told reporters on Thursday that
Meadows said the demand is “an ultimatum.”
At issue is a potential fifth coronavirus relief package that would extend supplemental jobless benefits to .
It would also provide more than $100billion to help schools open, provide assistance to state and local governments, and put more money into a program that directly subsidizes business hit hardest by the pandemic.
“I like the larger amount,” he said during a White House press conference.
“Some of the Republicans disagree, but I think I can convince them to go along with that.”
Trump added he thinks he's getting closer to a deal on another round of stimulus checks for Americans.
"They don’t want to give STIMULUS PAYMENTS to people who desperately need the money, and whose fault it was NOT that the plague came in from China.
Pelosi recently said that any deal will have to include more than just another set of “Trump checks" – among other priorities.
“All they want is to have the president’s name on a check going out," she said. "That’s all he really cares about."
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"We have to do more than just have the Republicans check a box.”