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Pelosi on the coronavirus stimulus price tag she's willing to settle - for: '$3.4 trillion'

Posted: Aug 8th, 2020 - 5:36 am

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that she still wants a sweeping stimulus deal this week -- but she made it clear she is not budging on the price tag put forward by House Democrats, reflecting how far apart the two sides are despite days of talks.

Asked if she has an idea on the price tag she's willing to settle for, Pelosi told CNN bluntly: "Yeah, $3.4 trillion." That price tag has been rejected by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who last week put forward the Senate GOP plan that would cost roughly $1 trillion and has attacked House Democrats' $3 trillion-plus bill that passed their chamber more than two months ago. And even some centrist House and Senate Democrats are squeamish about backing such an eye-popping price tag proposed by the speaker.

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Pelosi on the coronavirus stimulus price tag she's willing to settle - for: '$3.4 trillion' (Views: 313, 2020-08-08, 5:36 am)
- At 3.4 trillion we could hand every American 10 grand. - So much pork there, giving away (Views: 133, 2020-08-08, 5:40 am)
  - Not being backed by gold or silver, money at this point is - nothing but a Jedi mind trick anyway. (Views: 129, 2020-08-08, 6:09 am)
- Just enough to bail out blue-state govt pensions funds - for another year or two, and cover all operating (Views: 152, 2020-08-08, 5:43 am)
- Which is exactly why President Trump is threatening the - end around with executive orders (Views: 125, 2020-08-08, 5:44 am)
- The trillions in unfunded liabilities piled up by incompetent - democrats is what Pelosi is pushing (Views: 185, 2020-08-08, 5:45 am)
- Conyism, money where the Feds hand out money to their - buddies 10:1. "A billion went to (Views: 142, 2020-08-08, 5:53 am)
  - Cronyism - Need stronger coffee (Views: 123, 2020-08-08, 5:57 am)
  - This is another example of - why these people exempt (Views: 171, 2020-08-09, 12:22 pm)
    - I think Representatives as well as Senators should have - term limits. In fact, Senators originally (Views: 134, 2020-08-09, 1:56 pm)
    - John Lewis, 17 terms in the House of Representatives. - Joe Biden served from 1973 to (Views: 215, 2020-08-09, 2:00 pm)