(CNN) It's almost like everyone woke up Tuesday and realized that there was a massive cliff coming at the end of December if lawmakers couldn't find agreement on a stimulus bill. There are basically three separate attempts happening right now on Covid relief and all of them -- at least at this point-- are a long shot. Both Warner and Romney were keeping Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in the loop, but the White House hasn't signed off. McConnell's planMcConnell released his own new economic relief proposal Tuesday, a bill he has been working on closely with the White House, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. The bill includes many of the same provisions from the earlier, targeted $500 billion proposal that failed along party lines.

Source: The Nation December 02, 2020 19:11 UTC