White House officials on Monday described a behind-the-scenes scramble over the weekend to locate any legal avenue for the administration to continue barring evictions. The effort ultimately came up short, the officials said.
The effort ultimately came up short, the officials said, leaving millions of renters in the lurch and exposing a rare divide with Democratic members of Congress."I don't think this means this President is going to give up," said Gene Sperling, the White House official responsible for managing coronavirus relief efforts, during an afternoon briefing."I think he's going to keep looking, keep pushing.
Very important issue," she said.The episode, which has yet to be resolved, underscored the ways the recent spike in Covid-19 cases upended Democrats' agenda after the pandemic appeared to be waning just a month ago.
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