The Senate will continue to consider a bipartisan coronavirus package on Wednesday after Republican and Democrat congressional leaders tentatively struck a deal on the legislation.
Senate leaders and the Donald Trump administration reportedly struck a late Wednesday morning deal on a roughly $2 trillion emergency relief package in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said in a statement, “This bipartisan legislation takes us a long way down the road in meeting the needs of the American people. While the compromise does not go as far as our[s] … the bill has moved a great deal closer to America’s workers.”
Pelosi statement on the “Phase 3” stimulus deal:
“This bipartisan legislation takes us a long way down the road in meeting the needs of the American people. While the compromise does not go as far as our[s] … the bill has moved a great deal closer to America’s workers” pic.twitter.com/BIWmQRWpi1
— Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) March 25, 2020
If the Senate passes the legislation then the House could quickly approve the bill, and then send the legislation to President Trump’s desk to sign.
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Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter @SeanMoran3.
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