GOP senator says relief talks are in the "same place, no progress"
From CNN's Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav
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The No. 2 Senate Republican, John Thune, said Friday that Covid-19 relief talks are in the same place.
“Kind of the same place, no progress,” Thune said, when asked if he had an update on the negotiations.
Congressional leaders are scrambling to finalize a $900 billion Covid-19 relief deal before tonight's midnight deadline to fund the government. Relief and the shutdown deadline are tied together since leaders want to tie the relief deal to a $1.4 trillion funding bill to keep the government open through next September.