On the first day of the first full week when tens of millions of Americans went without the federal jobless aid that has cushioned them during the pandemic, President Donald Trump was not cajoling undecided lawmakers to embrace a critical stimulus bill to stabilize the foundering economy.
On Monday, Trump said he remained “totally involved” in the talks, even though he was not “over there with Crazy Nancy.” But while White House officials say that he is interested in the talks and closely monitoring them, he has not sought to use the full powers of his office to prod a deal, and more often he has complicated the already sensitive negotiations.
On Monday, Pelosi floated a possible compromise to extend the benefits, saying that Democrats might be open to tying the weekly payments, which Republicans are pressing to cut substantially, to the unemployment rate, allowing the amount to fall in tandem with the jobless rate. “This is just the painful period between people finally deciding, ‘OK, we want a deal,’ and what that deal ultimately looks like,” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters.
In their $3 trillion recovery package, Democrats have proposed providing more than $900 billion to cash-strapped states and cities whose budgets have been devastated in the recession, while Republicans did not include any money for them in their $1 trillion plan. But it is Republicans who have proposed cutting the jobless aid, while Democrats are pushing to extend the $600 weekly federal payments through January.
But he does not reach out to members of the House he is not personally close with to use the power of persuasion that comes with the presidency, they concede, and he is expending little energy of his own to move the ball forward. “We’re really getting an understanding of each side’s position and we’re making some progress on certain issues, moving closer together,” he added afterward. “There are a lot of issues that are still outstanding, but I think there is a desire to get something done as soon as we can.”
Source: Financial Digest (financialdigest.net)
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