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Coronavirus stimulus plans: What we know about the negotiations between Congress and the Trump White House
Sep 16, 2020 2 mins, 15 secs

Here's what we know about the state of stimulus negotiations in Congress: .

Several recent stimulus proposals have emerged, though only one has passed the House or Senate?

House Democrats passed their more than $3 trillion plan, the HEROES Act, in May?

It included billions for cash-strapped local and state governments and another round of stimulus checks. Republicans in the Senate refused to take it up, and President Donald Trump said it was “dead on arrival.”  .

The first one, the $1 trillion HEALS Act, offered a $200 boost to unemployment insurance, compared with $600 in the Democratic plan, and no money for state and local governments. The HEALS Act never came up for a vote amid criticism from Senate Republicans who called it misguided and expensive. The second, a $300 billion plan, was blocked from coming up for a full Senate vote by Senate Democrats earlier this month. .

Democratic leadership has signaled the bill would not come up for a vote, but the White House said it could help provide a basis for future negotiations.

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who has been one of the lead White House negotiators, said Wednesday the bill "provides a foundation" for a potential deal.

Breaking down what Republicans and Democrats want in the coronavirus stimulus plan.

The smaller $300 billion Senate Republican plan did not include stimulus checks.

Both sides also differ over the amount of money to give in enhanced unemployment benefits.

The stimulus package passed by the House and Senate in March gave a $600 weekly boost to state unemployment benefits.

Meadows said Wednesday on CNBC he hoped for a price tag in the $250 to $300 billion range for state and local funding, down from the nearly $1 trillion Democrats have been pushing for.

She said a package needed to address other issues that had come up since Democrats passed their plan like relief for airlines and restaurants.

The prolonged talks on the latest package have been largely between top Democrats: Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and White House negotiators: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Meadows. .

The more than $2 trillion bill included stimulus payments to many Americans, bolstered unemployment benefits and forgivable loans to small businesses.

Many of the most popular programs that were created by Congress have expired, including a $600 weekly boost to unemployment, a federal moratorium on evictions and a small business loan program.

The impasse led Trump to sign a series of executive orders in August that added a $400 weekly unemployment boost, suspended some student loan payments, protected some renters from eviction, and deferred payroll taxes.  .

The lapse of programs and Congress’ inability to pass new legislation has left the nearly 900,000 still unemployed, as of last week, without a weekly $600 boost in unemployment benefits

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