Stimulus Optimism Grows, and Congress Gets Job-Market Alert
- McConnell hasn’t publicly endorsed proposal as basis for talks
- $908 billion plan seen as opening a path for compromise
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Prospects for a pandemic relief package before the end of the year grew substantially as senior Republicans warmed to the idea of using a $908 billion proposal from a bipartisan group of lawmakers as a basis for a deal.
The plan outlined by Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate has emerged as the first real chance for a compromise that has eluded party leaders and the White House for months.