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Economic stimulus deal looks dead after Trump
calls off talks with Democrats
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President Trump on Tuesday abruptly ended his administration’s discussions with Democrats for another round of economic stimulus, raising the odds that additional help for millions of unemployed Americans and struggling businesses won’t arrive until at least after Election Day and perhaps not until next year.
In an afternoon post on Twitter, Trump accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of bad faith in her monthslong negotiations with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Trump said the talks would resume after the election, “when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business.”
In the meantime, he urged Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell to focus the chamber’s efforts on clearing the nomination of federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
Read the full story at BostonGlobe.com.
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