With lawmakers facing a mounting year-end to-do list, a deal on a new coronavirus relief package continues to be elusive for Congress.
But a key House Democrat on Sunday seemed to indicate some flexibility on one of his party’s priorities.
“[Democrats] are not going to get everything we want,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said on CNN’s Inside Politics. “We think state and local [aid] is important. And if we can get that, we want to get it. But we want to get aid out to the people who are really, really struggling and are at grave risk.”
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