Trump Wants COVID-19 Stimulus Package Passed Already, Urges Congress To Work Together

President Donal Trump wants the COVID-19 stimulus package to be passed already as he said the U.S. wants and needs stimulus.

In a tweet message, Trump pressured the Congress to pass a second COVID-19 stimulus package, urging them to work together and get it done.

The president posted the message on his social media account while receiving treatment for a COVID-19 infection at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

President Trump was transferred at the military hospital from the White House at the recommendation of his doctor, Dr. Sean Conley, who had consulted with specialists from Walter Reed and Johns Hopkins University.

The House Democrats and White House negotiators continue to be at an impasse in passing a second COVID-19 stimulus package to help Americans whose lives are impacted by an economy that is decimated by the pandemic.

As of Thursday, October 1, 40,000 airline workers have started to receive notices of getting furlough or their jobs being cut down as the $25 billion grants which was part of the Payroll Support Program (PSP) of the CARES Act approved last March run out on September 30.

For several days, airlines and unions have been urging the Congress for an extension but no deal was reached until the September 30 deadline.

The Democratic-held House left for the month Friday, October 2, with no bipartisan deal reached.

They did pass a $2.2 second COVID-19 stimulus package dubbed as the Heroes Act 2.0, but the Republican-held Senate said that they would never approved of it.

The White House negotiators, instead, counter-offered with a $1.6 trillion package.

There is still a spark of hope though as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are continuing with their talks unlike last August that the negotiation really got stalled.

As soon as Pelosi and Mnuchin can draw a deal, the House is willing to return to pass a second COVID-19 stimulus package.

In a letter that Pelosi had written to her caucus on Friday, she said that she hoped both sides could strike a deal despite disagreeing in key areas. She added that they will continue to work and move quickly to get a deal for a second COVID-19 stimulus package.

The Senate, however, will not be able to convene until October 19 as three GOP senators have contracted the COVID-19, senators Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Mike Lee of Utah and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

The pressure from President Trump could, however, have an impact on the impasse as this might make the Republican-Senate more amenable to a COVID-19 stimulus package.

Pelosi said that President Trump's COVID-19 infection somehow changes the dynamic of her talks with Mnuchin because the Republicans will now see that the virus is really vicious and spares no one.

While both sides agree on a a one-time stimulus check, they disagree on the amount of an additional unemployment benefit.

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