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Coronavirus Special Report: COVID-19 bill talks stall

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, left, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speak to reporters as they leave their coronavirus aid meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, left, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speak to reporters as they leave their coronavirus aid meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

In tonight’s episode, Senate leaders have been working to release their version of the next COVID-19 relief bill, but talks fizzled after disagreements among Republicans over certain provisions, and the White House’s decision to take time to read the fine print, killed any hope of text coming out Thursday. CQ Roll Call’s Paul Krawzak has the latest on what we know about the bill.

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