Republicans Signal Bipartisan Relief Plan Won’t Get Support
- Negotiators reach compromise on formula for aid to states
- Group unlikely to ‘thread the needle’ on liability, Thune says
Mitch McConnell has suggested dropping the liability provisions in exchange for Democrats giving up on including aid to states and localities.
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The attempt to draw up a pandemic relief package hit another roadblock Thursday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s top lieutenants said key portions of a compromise proposal from a bipartisan group of lawmakers aren’t likely to get backing from a majority of Republicans.
Senator John Thune, the chamber’s No. 2 Republican, said the group of GOP and Democratic senators trying to forge a compromise likely cannot produce a solution to limiting the liability of employers in connection with Covid-19 infections that will satisfy Republicans. Democrats probably won’t like the result either, he added.