A draft of the new plan provides for another round of funding for the Paycheck Protection Program and liability protection for corporations.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said that he wants to stick with a revised Republican, scaled-back stimulus bill. A leaked draft shows that the proposal does not include a second round of checks. A draft of the new plan, circulated to Republicans and leaked to the media today, provides for another round of funding for the Paycheck Protection Program and liability protection for corporations. The framework came shortly after Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows met with McConnell and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to negotiate provisions and hold discussions on areas of relief that would get support from President Donald Trump. The Senate GOP targeted relief draft includes an estimated $332 billion in small business relief, $105 billion for education to «help get students back,» $31 billion for the development of vaccines and testing strategies, $16 billion for contact tracing, testing and surveillance in states, as well as $20 billion for further farm relief.
