White House ups bid in last-ditch COVID talks with Congress
By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press
Published: October 1, 2020, 10:45am
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WASHINGTON — The White House is backing a $400 per week pandemic jobless benefit and is dangling the possibility of a COVID-19 relief bill of $1.6 trillion as last-ditch, pre-election negotiations hit a critical phase Thursday. But pessimism is again seeping into the talks and the two sides switched back to attacking each other in public.
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