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Coronavirus relief stalemate could drag on for weeks - CNBC
Aug 13, 2020 1 min, 32 secs
The Senate wrapped up its session Thursday afternoon and will not return this month unless negotiators strike an agreement. The House had already left Washington for all of August pending a deal on pandemic relief.

It is unclear now when Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will sit down with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to resume discussions.

Pelosi and Mnuchin last made contact by phone on Wednesday, when Mnuchin once again said the White House would not double the GOP's roughly $1 trillion aid offer. .

On Thursday, Pelosi said she does not have a timeline for when the sides will talk again. .

Earlier in the day, White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow told CNBC that Democrats have asked for "too much money." He said Democratic-backed "voting rights" measures designed to make it safer for Americans to cast ballots during the pandemic are part of "liberal, left wish lists" the president would reject.

But Pelosi, equipped with a visual aid highlighting key differences between the Democratic and GOP offers, said Thursday that the sides are "miles apart in our values." .

They have failed to bridge a gap on unemployment insurance as Democrats push to extend the $600 per week payment

Democrats want more than $900 billion for state and municipal aid, a figure the Trump administration has called unrealistic. 

Pelosi said Democrats have pushed for more than $60 billion in food assistance, while a Senate GOP bill released late last month called for only $250,000

A House bill passed in May included $100 billion in assistance for rent and mortgage payments, while the Senate plan did not include any additional funds. 

Pelosi also increased her request for school funding to $300 billion on Thursday, a jump from the $100 billion the House approved in May

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