What’s in Senate Republicans’ $1 Trillion Pandemic Relief Plan
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U.S. Senate Republican leaders on Monday unveiled a draft plan to provide $1 trillion in coronavirus relief funding ahead of talks with Democrats. A package of separate bills, it gives Congress the option of passing parts of the agenda -- such as extensions of unemployment insurance or schools funding -- now and leaving the rest for later.
The GOP had been divided on the overall cost of the plan and how to extend unemployment benefits expiring this week. Democrats, who are backing their own $3.5 trillion stimulus bill already passed by the House, said that only when the GOP united on its own plan could talks begin about a bipartisan compromise.