Democrats’ $3 Trillion Aid Bill Has Seeds for Eventual GOP Deal

Republicans universally rejected a $3 trillion stimulus measure drafted by House Democrats to bolster the U.S. economy, but the draft plan has the seeds for an eventual, smaller compromise.

With Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushing the House toward a Friday vote on the Democratic package, a Senate Republican aide said that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t plan to move on any GOP alternative until June at the earliest.

Nancy Pelosi

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Continuing economic misery and a still rising death toll, though, would put pressure on both sides to reach one last deal before campaigns for the November elections are fully engaged. The framework ...