DONALD Trump has one again urged Congress to pass the next coronavirus stimulus package.
With time running out for lawmakers to approve a second coronavirus relief package, the president said the nation’s restaurants face being “decimated” amid a second Covid wave.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress are deadlocked about the next Covid relief package as experts warn Covid deaths could double to 4,000 within 10 days.
Congress reconvenes in November 30 leaving little time to get it passed and then paid before the end of the year.
“The restaurant business is being absolutely decimated. Congress should step up and help,” Trump tweeted Friday night.
“Time is of the essence!”
As millions of Americans remain out of work due to coronavirus closures and lockdowns, many are hoping for a second stimulus check.
President elect Joe Biden has been eager to get the next stimulus checks out as soon as possible and before Christmas.
However, the size of the next relief bill is what continues to stomp negotiations between Dems and GOP members.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer have insisted that Republicans agree to their $2.2trillion HEROES Act passed in October, which was blocked by the Senate.
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants a much small smaller package that would cost around $500billion.
In the past, McConnell has been pushed for a “more modest” deal than what the Democrats have proposed, saying bill will be needed “at the beginning of the year.”
Biden has urged Democrats and Republicans to work together, saying he thinks the public wants politicians to cooperate.
The president elect is pushing Democratic leaders in Congress to reach a quick stimulus deal with Senate Republicans, even if it falls short of the Dems’ larger HEROES Act.
Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met for weeks in the lead up to the election.
Many hoped the talks would end in a balanced relief package but nothing came to fruition, even after Mnuchin offered a nearly $2 trillion deal.