White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows continues to push and negotiate for the second round of stimulus payment, but top Democratic leaders continue to reject the proposal.

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Meadows continues to court the top Democratic lawmakers to act on the second round of relief package that includes the $1,200 direct stimulus package and $500 for qualified individuals. Millions of Americans are hoping that they will receive the aid next month.

Meadows said he has tried to reach out to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week, hoping to have a meeting and discuss the relief package. However, he was told that the Democratic leader was in a meeting.

Meadows assured the public that he would try to go back to Pelosi's office to discuss the second round of relief aid and will not stop until a deal is done.

Meadows continues to negotiate with Democratic negotiators through a skinny-bill that aims to give initial relief aid to millions of Americans.

He made the proposal when lawmakers recently returned to the Capitol Hill to vote for the U.S. Postal Service funding. However, the Democratic leaders continue to reject Meadows' offer.

It seems that the Democratic leaders' priority is the upcoming election while the White House is working both for the poll and the relief aid needed by millions of Americans amid the pandemic.

According to a Market Watch report, Pelosi said it is up to the administration when to come up with an agreement. The White House and top Republican negotiators have already offered four packages, but they were all rejected.

Pelosi is still pushing for the $3 trillion and does not have a plan to meet halfway with the Republican lawmakers. Meadows has offered the Democrats the opportunity to give the Americans what is available and will only give the rest when everything is fine.

Then Pelosi said: "The President said if we passed a freestanding postal bill, he would sign it. We did. Now he says no." What Trump was pushing days ago was the bill about the second round of relief aid and not the USPS funding.

The President strongly opposed mail-in voting, claiming it allows for fraud. Trump and the Postmaster-General believed that if they pursue the mail-in voting, many could receive the mail ballots even if they are not asking for it.

Meadows said there was "a growing consensus that if we want to do something on postal, we ought to do something on other small businesses and enhanced unemployment - at least pick the things that we think we can agree upon and put that bill on the floor."

At present, the White House expects that Pelosi will recall the lawmakers next week to discuss the relief bill. Once the relief bill passed the House, Meadows said Trump would immediately sign it.

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