China News Service, October 11th, according to the US Chinese website, on October 10, local time, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Pelosi and Senate Republicans expressed their opposition to President Trump’s $1.8 trillion economic stimulus plan. .
According to reports, this may mean that the US Congress will not pass the economic relief bill before election day.
Data map: Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sha Hanting
On the same day, Pelosi said when talking about the Trump administration’s economic stimulus plan that the proposal is equivalent to “one step forward and two steps backward”, emphasizing that several major policy issues need to be resolved. .
According to reports, Pelosi wrote in a letter to Democrats in the House of Representatives: “At present, we still have differences on many priorities. Democrats are waiting for the government to comment on several regulations and negotiations on total funding. Still going on."
Trump’s $1.8 trillion proposal is larger than the $1.6 trillion proposed earlier this week, but still far below the $2.2 trillion bill passed by the House of Representatives last week.
Earlier on October 9, Trump had stated that he would like to see the scale of the stimulus measures larger than those currently imposed by the Democratic Party or his administration, but Republicans in Congress opposed the new aid bill of more than $1 trillion. .
At present, Republicans in the Senate have united to support a $500 billion aid.
On October 10, during a conference call with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, several Republican senators directly rejected the large-scale economic stimulus plan.
According to people familiar with the matter, these senators made it clear to the White House that they hope to develop a targeted plan to meet the needs of families, small businesses and schools.
At the same time, Pelosi also rejected Trump’s proposed economic stimulus plan in his letter on the 10th, stating: “When the president talks about wanting a larger relief package, his proposal seems to mean Therefore, he wants more money at his own disposal," rather than seeking agreement on how to eliminate the virus and relieve workers.
However, Pelosi said that "despite these unresolved issues," she still "hopes" that developments will bring them closer to reaching an agreement on a relief package.