This Tuesday the 48 hours given by the Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi to reach an agreement on a package of financial aid were fulfilled without one having been reached. But the parties will continue to negotiate Wednesday as they “get closer to a deal,” the Pelosi spokesman said.
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A decision was expected to close this day, as Pelosi had set this deadline so that a bill could be voted on before the November 3 elections.
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But for the moment, Pelosi and the chief of the Treasury and White House negotiator, Steven Mnuchin, asked their leaders of the committees involved in the negotiations “to resolve the differences over the levels of financing and the language (of writing the draft law that would be voted on in Congress), “spokesman Drew Hammill wrote on Twitter.
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“With this guidance, the two leaders will continue their discussions tomorrow afternoon when the secretary returns (from a trip abroad),” he added.
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The Speaker and Secretary Mnuchin spoke at 3:00 p.m. today for approximately 45 minutes. Their conversation provided more clarity and common ground as they move closer to an agreement. (1/3)
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It is uncertain at this point if there will be an agreement that can be voted on before the elections.
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First, because the conversations between Pelosi and Mnuchin have been hampered for weeks by the differences between the amount to which a new package must amount and the language in which their respective bill must be drafted.
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Second, because the Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, has gone down a different rope than that of the White House, supporting the vote of a less ambitious plan or even one focused on specific issues, such as providing more funds to small businesses. .
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On Tuesday, McConnell told reporters that “at some point” he would put a package agreed by the White House and the Democrats to a vote in the Senate, but did not specify if he could do so before the elections.
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Also, a report from the newspaper The Washington Post He specified that McConnell believes that a pact on new federal aid between Mnuchin and Pelosi may affect the vote to consecrate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
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