Negotiations for new relief package in the United States face “long way”

Washington – Negotiations between Democratic leaders and representatives of the President of the United States, Donald TrumpFor a new aid package in the face of the economic effects of the pandemic, they still have a “long way to go,” White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Sunday.

“I am not optimistic that there will be a solution in the very short term,” said the official on the “Face the Nation” program on CBS News. The talks involving Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer as well as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin v Meadows have gained special interest after Friday’s expiration. the validity of the unemployment aid included in the tax rescue plan at the end of March.

The parties met this Saturday and, according to Meadows, will meet again tomorrow, Monday.

Among the highlights of the deliberations, Mnuchin mentioned the trillion-dollar aid to state and local governments, noting that the Trump Administration is unwilling to rescue states that were facing financial problems since before the pandemic.

“That is something we are not going to do,” the secretary told ABC News’ “This Week” and mentioned that they proposed to extend the $ 600 extraordinary unemployment aid for another week while negotiating “a long-term solution “

Mnuchin cautioned, however, that “there is no doubt that in certain cases” people are being paid more “to stay home than to work.”

Asked about unemployment aid, which two Republican senators raised to down to $ 200 a week in a proposal that was wrecked in the Senate on Thursday, Pelosi argued that $ 600 “is essential.”

“We are saying three things: supporting our state or local heroes, a great strategic plan to end the virus and, thirdly, putting money in the pockets of working families,” said the Democratic leader, also interviewed by “This Week “by ensuring that they are” united “around $ 600 in aid.

According to the latest data from the Labor Department, more than 17 million Americans receive unemployment assistance amid the economic debacle caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The unemployment rate in the United States closed June at 11.1%, after having started the year at 3.5%.

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