The
top Republican in the U.S. Congress, though, declined to say in
an interview with Fox News when his party might begin
negotiating another stimulus bill and said their "red line" is
including liability protection for companies and other
institutions.
"We're all talking about this. And I talked to the Secretary of
the Treasury about it yesterday, to the president's chief of
staff and to the President," he said. "We all believe another
bill is probably going to be necessary."
McConnell also put another nail in the coffin for a $3 trillion
relief bill the Democrat-led House of Representatives is
expected to consider on Friday, calling it a "parade of
absurdities."
The bill known as the HEROES Act would have to pass the
majority-Republican Senate before going to Trump, who has
threatened to veto it.
(Reporting by Lisa Lambert and Mohammad Zargham; Editing by
Lincoln Feast.)
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