Rep. Dean Phillips On $1.5T Stimulus Package: ‘It Is A Bill That Could Pass’

From CBS Minnesota:

By Esme Murphy

October 18, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Will most Americans be getting another stimulus check before the end of the year? Right now it looks doubtful.

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell says the United States Senate will take up a separate $500-billion stimulus bill on Wednesday. But that’s a package Democrats blocked last month, and may be unlikely to re-consider.

The Republican measure is well short of the more than $2-trillion relief package Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants. But some Democrats, like Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips, have been calling on Pelosi to make a deal and accept a smaller package.

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