Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Trump’s support for stay-at-home order protests is a “distraction from the fact that he has not appropriately done testing.” “The key that opens the door to the economy is testing, testing testing. We haven’t done it right.”
Pelosi signaled that Congress is"very close" to striking a bipartisan deal on an interim emergency relief package to replenish the depleting funds in the Paycheck Protection Program.
Congressional leaders are currently negotiating with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to get past a standoff on funding for the small business loan program. A vote in the SenatePresident Donald Trump delivers remarks during a press briefing with White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, on April 18, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
"Lawmakers must stop blocking these funds and replenish the program without delay," Trump said."The Democrats have to come on board. I used to read that these were Democrat programs, not Republican. Seems to have switched around a lot, hasn't it, huh? Switched around a lot. The Republicans want it. I think the Democrats probably do too, but they also want other things that are unacceptable.
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