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Jacob Siegal
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- More stimulus checks aren't coming before the November election, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved to adjourn the Senate on Monday.
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had been trying to make a deal before the election, but they couldn't agree on the details.
- Senate Republicans had said from the beginning that they weren't keen on spending anywhere close to $2 billion on stimulus, even if Trump approved the bill.
The writing has been on the wall for months, but if there was even a glimmer of hope that another major stimulus bill would pass before Election Day, it was thoroughly dashed on Monday when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell motioned to adjourn the Senate until November 9th following Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court. Barrett was confirmed along party lines, receiving 52 votes from Republicans and 48 from Democrats.
When asked about coronavirus relief efforts, McConnell Communications Director David Popp told Business Insider that he had "nothing to add" to McConnell's "extensive remarks on the continued Democrat filibuster on COVID relief in the Senate." Of course, that's only part of the story, as the HEROES Act -- which would have provided Americans with enhanced unemployment and new stimulus checks -- has been waiting for a Senate vote since May.
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