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Stimulus Package Mired in Senate and White House Back and Forth

April Ryan
October 21, 2020

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The White House is demanding a stimulus deal within the next 48 hours. This after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told members in a closed lunch he instructed the White House not to strike a deal with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) ahead of the election.

Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) speaks with AURN about the back and forth on the stimulus package.

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214,000 Americans are dead because of a pandemic you mismanaged.

Hundreds of thousands of businesses are closed.

Millions are unemployed.

Keep my name out of your mouth. Get back to work. https://t.co/ro5ZX64Pz3
— Congressmember Bass (@RepKarenBass) October 11, 2020

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan