The Trump administration rejects a Democratic offer to agree to a stimulus price tag of around $2 trillion, an indication that talks continue to falter and may collapse with the two sides still far apart
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer announced at a news conference on Friday that they had offered to"go down a trillion" from their top-line number of $3.4 trillion, if Republicans would go up $1 trillion from their initial offer of $1 trillion.
"Meanwhile, Senate GOP leaders do not think that anything above $2 trillion could pass the Senate.On a private call with GOP senators earlier in the day on Friday, Mnuchin and Meadows said they believed that the Democrats' demand for nearly $1 trillion for state and local government is the biggest sticking point over a deal, multiple sources told CNN.They also argued Democrats have not moved off their positions or proposed things that the GOP could accept.
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