McConnell Says Democrats’ Demand for State Funding Impedes Deal

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Democrats want states like Texas and Florida to bail out New Jersey and New York, which have have suffered from “mismanagement,” and those demands have derailed broader stimulus talks.

• McConnell, in opening floor comments, also says Democratic leaders’ push to continue additional unemployment benefits at current levels would pay people more to stay home than return to work
• He says those demands have halted progress on areas of bipartisan agreement
• Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says the plan his party put forward matches the needs of the country, and Republicans have failed to move ...