White House Rejects $2 Trillion Relief Bill

“Democratic leaders said Friday that the White House rejected an offer for a roughly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package,” The Hill reports.

“Democrats offered to reduce their $3.4 trillion price tag by $1 trillion if Republicans would agree to raise their roughly $1 trillion package by the same amount. That strategy, effectively trying to split the difference between the two sides, would result in legislation costing between $2 trillion and $2.4 trillion.”

Said Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “‘We’ll take down a trillion, if you add a trillion in.’ They said absolutely not.”