No talks occurring between House and Senate leaders on coronavirus aid package

By Susan Ferrechio

Published November 17, 2020 10:38pm ET

No talks occurring between House and Senate leaders on coronavirus aid package — 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 leaders have not talked to each other about a deal to pass a coronavirus aid package, despite a desire by both parties to clear a measure in the lame-duck session.

“We’ve had no private discussion about this,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, told reporters Tuesday.

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