The White House has urged lawmakers to support a plan to help small businesses weeks ahead of the US presidential election.
The call came yesterday, Sunday, after the party of the US President, Donald Trump, the Republican and his Democratic opponent, for various reasons rejected an economic rescue plan worth $ 1.8 trillion. It was suggested Friday.
In a letter to Congress, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin called on lawmakers to support a bill that would allow for the redirection of some 130 billion euros of the money It was not used in the previous plan, according to (AFP).
It is assumed that the funds will be allocated to businesses, especially small and medium-sized companies, which are facing a decline in their revenues in light of the stalled negotiations on the provision of more support.
The message stated that the time has come to join forces and vote immediately on a bill that would allow us to spend unused wage protection money while we continue working on a comprehensive package.
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It is unlikely that Democrats will agree to the request about three weeks before the November 3 elections, at a time when Trump lags his Democratic rival, Joe Biden in opinion polls.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, who is negotiating with the administration, has confirmed that she rejects the idea of specific measures, indicating that she is calling for a broad economic support package that she believes will boost activity Economic. P>
The new White House strategy comes after a week in which Trump and his team changed their strategies, suspended negotiations, then returned to them and announced specific measures, but to no avail.
The White House strengthened its offer on Friday, proposing a package worth $ 1.8 trillion, while Trump himself affirmed that he prefers a bigger one. But the two parties rejected the proposal.
Pelosi considered that the new proposal represents a step forward and two steps back, stressing that the proposed amount is not sufficient.
In turn, many Republican senators have deemed Trump's offer overly generous.
The leader of the Republican majority in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, indicated that he is unlikely to agree ...