Democrats increase coronavirus spending demand to $3.7 trillion

By Susan Ferrechio

Published August 7, 2020 5:30pm ET

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Democrats increase coronavirus spending demand to $3.7 trillion — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters about the massive government spending bill moving through Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 22, 2018. The bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill pours huge sums into Pentagon programs and domestic initiatives ranging from building roads to combatting the nation's opioid abuse crisis, but left Congress in stalemate over shielding young Dreamer immigrants from deportation and curbing surging health insurance premiums. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

House and Senate Democrats said on Friday that the cost of their coronavirus aid package has increased to $3.7 trillion but added that they are willing to shave off $1 trillion to cut a compromise deal with the White House.

White House officials said the escalating cost of the Democratic demands has complicated efforts to secure a bipartisan deal that would also extend expired unemployment benefits and critical small-business loans.

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