Closing in on an Agreement

Rishika Dugyala at Politico:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said lawmakers were very close to an agreement on more coronavirus aid, which includes replenishing a recently exhausted small business relief fund.

“We’re close,” Pelosi said in an intereview that aired Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “Again, we have common ground … I think we’re very close to agreement.”


Her remarks were echoed on morning TV shows by other leaders on both sides of the aisle, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Vice President Mike Pence.


Mnuchin said that he has been in contact with GOP congressional leaders and spoke with Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday morning. He hopes to see the agreement pass the Senate on Monday and the House on Tuesday.

"We're all on board with the same plan," he said on CNN's "State of the Union."
Saying “our staffs are meeting 24/7,” Schumer echoed Pelosi and Mnuchin, saying on CNN that he was "very hopeful" an agreement will be struck Sunday night or early Monday morning.

"Many of the things we have asked for on the banking side, on the testing side, on the hospital side, they’re going along with," Schumer told host Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.“ "So we feel pretty good. We still have a few more issues to deal with."