President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers in Congress laid out their priorities for new coronavirus legislation on Monday, while Democrats ...
The US Capitol Building is reflected against an ambulance along the East Front on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jul 16, 2020. WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans on Monday said they were working on a US$1 trillion coronavirus relief bill focused on businesses, schools and healthcare, while Democrats vowed to oppose any proposal developed without bipartisan talks.
The Republican-controlled Senate and Democratic-led House of Representatives have less than two weeks to hammer out a new relief package before enhanced unemployment benefits run out for tens of millions of American workers made jobless by the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump favours such a cut as an economic stimulus, but the idea has stirred little enthusiasm on Capitol Hill, with lawmakers worried about protecting the Social Security payments funded by payroll taxes."We're working and negotiating with the Democrats and trying to get a plan that helps small business, helps people, helps this country," Trump said.Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer warned that his party was prepared to stymie any Republican effort to pass partisan legislation.
But Democrats have pledged to fight for legislation akin to the US$3 trillion bill that the House approved in mid-May, which provides hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local governments, extends enhanced unemployment insurance and provides new payments to individuals and families.
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