Schumer Sees White House Ultimately Pressured Into Stimulus Deal
- Senate Democratic chief heartened by Mnuchin comment last week
- Mnuchin, Pelosi were unable to bridge stimulus gap last week
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that public pressure on the White House may cause President Donald Trump to make the concessions needed to get a stimulus deal in coming weeks.
He made the comments as Senate Democrats prepared to block a slimmed-down coronavirus relief bill favored by Republicans that’s set for a vote on Thursday. Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have opposed that effort as insufficient to prop up an economic recovery slowed by the end of earlier fiscal stimulus.