Updated at 4:52 p.m. ET
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say a $908 billion coronavirus relief proposal should be the starting point for bipartisan aid.
It is the first time Pelosi, D-Calif., and Schumer, D-N.Y., have accepted any COVID-19 legislation other than the $2.2 trillion bill that passed the House of Representatives in October. But their shift to the moderates’ plan comes after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., already rejected the bipartisan proposal.
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