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Most Republicans want a smaller bill somewhere in the $500 billion to $1 trillion range.</p> Whether Trump will negotiate if he loses his reelection bid is a critical unknown factor.
</p> Pelosi has also said she’s hoping to wrap up another large pandemic relief bill during the lame-duck session as well as the annual appropriations bills.
And it’s not clear whether a statehood bill could pass if the Senate remains in Republican hands, which looks increasingly likely.
spending bill absent a separate coronavirus relief deal.
</p> The bill introduced by Schatz with Senate Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., is seen by observers as taking a nuanced approach that stands the best shot at gaining widespread support on Capitol Hill
</p> A sign outside of the Capital One Arena urges residents to vote early as the first day of early voting begins.
As if to underscore their resistance, they pushed their own $519 billion aid bill, which Democrats blocked last week.
</p> Here’s the week in photos:</p> A masked woman holds up a sign as she participates in the Women’s March in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington on Saturday.
</p> While talks continue, the California Democrat said it would take time to get a comprehensive bill written and reviewed by budget scorekeepers and legal counsel before a floor vote could be scheduled
</p> But GOP Sens.
</p> Proposed concessions to the Senate include the remote worker fix, which was included in Grassley’s COVID-19 bill modeled on bipartisan legislation introduced by Senate Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D
As if to prove the point, McConnell brought to the floor Wednesday a GOP-written bill that would provide only a fraction of the relief sought by Democrats and President Donald Trump.
</p> The 20 Democrats, led by Massachusetts Sen.
</p> Timmer’s story is an echo of Scholten’s own.
</p> The bill would ban oil and gas leasing throughout the Outer Continental Shelf, set a national goal of protecting 30 percent of the ocean by 2030, increase funding for NOAA to study offshore wind–energy
</p> “If a presidentially supported bill clears the House, at some point we’ll bring it to the floor,” McConnell said at his weekly news conference.
</p> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Speaker continues to hope that, by the end of the day Tuesday, we will have clarity on whether we will be able to pass a bill before the election.
</p> Murkowski submitted language in the fiscal 2020 Interior-Environment spending bill that directed the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a more rigorous environmental assessment of the project’s risks