A promising bipartisan compromise for another round of covid relief ran into two roadblocks yesterday that threaten to derail the effort. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has called for $160 billion in critical assistance for state and local governments to be dropped from the proposal. Meanwhile, populists such as Sen. Bernie Sanders on the left and Sen. Josh Hawley on the right have threatened to oppose the $908 billion compromise if it doesn’t contain another round of $1200 stimulus checks. Both positions undermine the most important components of the next relief bill and should be rejected by those looking to get a much-needed relief bill across the finish line.
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