(CNN) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday a new coronavirus stimulus bill should be considered at the beginning of 2021, not in a post-election lame duck session of Congress as some lawmakers had hoped would happen after pre-election talks failed. "We probably need to do another package, certainly more modest than the $3 trillion dollar Nancy Pelosi package," McConnell told Hugh Hewitt's radio program. "I think that'll be something we'll need to do right at the beginning of the year." McConnell's comments signal that he wants to wait even longer before turning again to the issue. The issue of how much to spend on a new bill has deeply divided the Senate Republicans McConnell leads, as GOP lawmakers have balked at proposals that have a nearly $2 trillion price tag.

Source: CNN October 30, 2020 18:45 UTC