One possibility that’s been discussed, according to a source familiar with the talks, is filing the fiscal 2021 appropriations portion of the omnibus on Tuesday but taking some extra time to draft the COVID-19 package before adding it as a managers’ amendment during House Rules Committee consideration.
On Monday night, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s spokesman Drew Hammill said she talked to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to try to nail down outstanding items as well as ancillary disputes on energy and health care legislation negotiators are expected to attach to the omnibus.
She also made another pitch to Mnuchin for direct state and local government aid in a final COVID-19 aid bill, though in comments to reporters Monday Pelosi didn’t condition her support for any deal on the inclusion of direct state and local government funds.
A bipartisan group of legislators released two bills on Monday totaling $908 billion, but there was considerable pressure to drop the two most contentious pieces: $160 billion for states and localities and business liability protections in the event customers, employees or vendors get sick.
Democrats, with the exception of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin III, remain opposed to how the group drafted the liability protections. And without a liability deal, Republicans won’t accept the state and local funds.
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