Bipartisan lawmakers propose $908 bln COVID-19 relief bill
State and local governments would receive direct aid under the bipartisan bill, the lawmakers said. Senator Mitt Romney, a Republican, said the plan contains $560 billion in "repurposed" funding from the CARES Act enacted in March.
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski urged quick action on the bipartisan plan and Democratic Senator Mark Warner said: "It would be stupidity on steroids if Congress left for Christmas without doing an interim package."
The lawmakers, speaking to reporters, said they have not yet secured backing for their plan from the White House, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell or House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Their support would be essential for a compromise bill to advance in the House and Senate.
