adds particulars, background WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) -
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WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – U.S. Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday invited different prime congressional leaders to satisfy at four p.m. (2100 GMT) as they search to finalize a large authorities spending deal and attain an settlement on a brand new bundle of coronavirus aid, a supply mentioned.
Pelosi, a Democrat, invited Senate Majority Chief Mitch McConnell, a Republican, in addition to Senate Democratic Chief Chuck Schumer and the Home Republican Chief Kevin McCarthy, the supply mentioned.
Main lawmakers have been hammering out the federal government spending measure, a $1.four trillion invoice for the fiscal yr that started on Oct. 1. A supply mentioned Tuesday this activity was principally carried out, however lawmakers from each events nonetheless sought to strike a consensus on coronavirus aid, one thing they’ve argued about for months.
If the leaders can attain settlement, the coronavirus assist might be connected to the federal government spending invoice, which should be handed by Friday to keep away from a federal authorities shutdown.
Earlier this yr Congress accredited $three trillion in coronavirus assist. A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the Home and Senate on Tuesday unveiled a brand new bundle of $908 billion in two elements.
One was a $748 billion proposal, together with assist to small companies, the unemployed and vaccine distribution. The opposite contains the 2 major sticking factors on Capitol Hill: the legal responsibility protections for enterprise, a Republican precedence, and $160 billion for state and native governments, a Democratic precedence.
(Reporting by Susan Cornwell, Enhancing by Franklin Paul and Aurora Ellis)
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