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By Blake Haas
BLOOMINGTON – There will not be another stimulus package, according to a Central Illinois Congressman.
With election day less than two weeks away, Congressman Darin LaHood said House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to add language that is not COVID-related.
“I think unfortunately Nancy Pelosi has been playing too many games and frankly I don’t think anything will get done. I hope they keep negotiating. But we could have got this done three or four weeks ago if Pelosi would of got rid of the non-COVID-related things. What do I mean by that? She had things in there to give checks to illegal immigrants; we can’t be doing that. She had (the) stuff to nationalize the legalization of marijuana – again, that’s not COVID-related.”
So far, the White House is offering around $1.9 trillion, while the Democrats are proposing $2.2 trillion in relief.
“Let’s focus on small businesses; let’s focus on schools; let’s focus on (the) cities and municipalities. And we can find agreement on that, but unfortunately, I don’t think that’s going to happen,” added LaHood.
LISTEN: Congressman Darin LaHood spoke with WJBC’s Blake Haas about a second stimulus package.
On Tuesday, the White House said negotiation progress continues between Speaker Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
Blake Haas can be reached at [email protected].