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Trump: No More Stimulus Talks Until After Election

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   Negotiations for a potential new round of U.S. coronavirus relief
   funding appeared to come to a halt Tuesday with President Donald Trump
   saying Democratic proposals were not acceptable,and that he was
   directing administration officials to halt talks until after next
   month's election.

   Trump's statements came in a series of tweets, including one later in
   which heproposed approving several individual relief provisions instead
   of a larger collection of measures like the government has done several
   times this year.

     If I am sent a Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200), they
     will go out to our great people IMMEDIATELY. I am ready to sign
     right now. Are you listening Nancy? [1]@MarkMeadows [2]@senatemajldr
     [3]@kevinomccarthy [4]@SpeakerPelosi [5]@SenSchumer
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [6]October 7, 2020

   "If I am sent aStand AloneBill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200), they will
   go out to our great people IMMEDIATELY. I am ready to sign right now.
   Are you listening Nancy?"Trump wrote.

   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has expressed a preference for grouping
   together coronavirus response efforts rather than tackling them with
   individual legislation.

   Trump also said he would give quick approval to bills providing
   billions of dollars to airlines and small businesses.

   In recent weeks, Pelosi has met with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
   and other administration officials as the two sides sought to find
   common ground with their spending proposals.

   Besides differences on individual elements, the two sides remained far
   apart on the total price tag, withadministration officialssaying they
   were willing to go up to about $1.6 trillion,and Democrats saying they
   would cut their original proposal down to about $2.2 trillion in
   spending.

   A compromise plan, even at the lower end of the spending range, would
   still face uncertainty in the Senate,witha number ofRepublicans
   expressing opposition to a package of that size.

   Pelosi issued a statement sharply critical of Trump's declaration that
   he was halting talks and asking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
   to instead focus onconfirming his nominee for a vacant Supreme Court
   seat.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/MarkMeadows?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/senatemajldr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   3. https://twitter.com/kevinomccarthy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   4. https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   5. https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   6. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313664886648582144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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