The timingThis remains tentative, but GOP senators I've spoken to say the plan is to present the pieces of the GOP proposal at the closed-door Senate GOP policy lunch. Schumer, in a letter to colleagues Monday, urged his caucus to stick together in the looming negotiations and signaled the forthcoming Democratic opposition to the GOP proposal. A rough startThe Trump administration already managed to get crosswise with GOP senators on their looming stimulus package. There is a chunk of the Senate GOP conference that would be fine with no new stimulus legislation. Liability protectionsOf all the pieces in the forthcoming GOP proposal, this is the most important for McConnell.

Source: CNN July 20, 2020 12:07 UTC