President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday in Delaware, as lawmakers negotiate spending bills to avert a government shutdown and provide coronavirus relief. The incoming president signaled he would look to strengthen the relationship between the White House and Democratic lawmakers, which collapsed under President Donald Trump. “You have to understand, in my Oval Office, mi casa you casa," Biden told Schumer and Pelosi. The meeting comes as the former vice president has escalated calls for Congress to pass stalled coronavirus stimulus legislation. Pelosi said earlier in the day that recent talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had not resulted in a breakthrough.

Source: Mint November 20, 2020 23:37 UTC