The White House and Senate reached a historic $2-trillion stimulus deal to jolt the economy struggling through the coronavirus pandemic
"Ladies and gentleman, we are done," White House legislative affairs director Eric Ueland said right before 1 a.m. after leaving Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office following negotiations that have gone around the clock since last Friday."We have a deal."McConnell was preparing to take to the floor to announce that a deal had been reached on the proposal.The full details have yet to be released.
We go through a lot of language.""We are getting there," he responded.Democrats had argued they wanted to see more safeguards for American workers in the deal and oversight for how funding would be doled out. Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi both signaled on Tuesday that they had won concessions in the emerging deal to that end.
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