Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his support for a bipartisan deal to deliver more coronavirus relief to small businesses and hospitals
Congress and the Trump administration have reached a deal on a new round of coronavirus aid that could be approved by the Senate on Tuesday afternoonSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the accord just an hour before the Senate will try and pass the agreement and rapped Democrats for blocking a previous proposal to give money to small businesses."I am just sorry that it took my colleagues in Democratic leadership 12 days to accept the inevitable," McConnell said.
"I think it will happen at 4 o'clock today," Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley agreed on C-SPAN. "I think it will go a long way for small businesses." The deal also includes $60 billion in loans and grants for economic disaster assistance, $75 billion for hospitals and $25 billion for coronavirus testing. Of that testing money, $11 billion will go to states and some will also go to the federal government.
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