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Democrats release new COVID-19 relief bill

CQ Budget, Ep. 171

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks on the phone before doing a television interview in the Russell Senate Office Building.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks on the phone before doing a television interview in the Russell Senate Office Building. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted September 29, 2020 at 12:09pm

As part of a last-ditch effort to secure new COVID-19 aid before the presidential election, House Democrats released a $2.2 trillion relief package on Monday night. But does it move the needle on COVID-19 relief negotiations? CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt discuss.

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