December 10, 2020 7:02 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have given no sign yet that theyâre ready to directly engage in negotiations to sort through competing pandemic relief proposals a step that many lawmakers say will be necessary to complete a deal this month.
The Senate GOP leader is now on board with a $916 billion proposal released Tuesday by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, while the House speaker sees a rival $908 billion plan still being drafted by a bipartisan group of lawmakers as the best path to a deal to aid the struggling U.S. economy.