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EFTA00137138 | EFTA00137172 Meanwhile, the Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.corn/elections/2020/11/12/joe-biden-trumpelection-live-updates/#1ink-MFCVHGNT4BEAVIQRC6OURQFVLA> (11/12, Werner, 14.2M) reports that on Thursday, "Congressional Democratic leaders accused Republicans...of refusing to confront the dramatically worsening coronavirus pandemic and instead acquiescing to" President Trump's "false insistence that he won last week's presidential election." Trump "tweeted incessantly about the need for an economic relief bill before the Nov. 3 election, but he has been silent on the matter ever since, and initial signs that congressional Republicans wanted a deal also have cooled." House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer "said that [Joe] Biden's election win constitutes a mandate for their demands for a new multitrillion-dollar relief bill, particularly given how coronavirus case numbers are jumping." The AP <https://apnews.corn/article/election-2020-joe-biden-senate-elections-elections-coronavirus-pandemic8f260ab174c66ddc8a04888a0a79de49> (11/12) says Pelosi and Schumer "adopted a combative posture on COVID-19 relief on Thursday, pressing their case for a $2 trillion bill that's a nonstarter for Republicans and faulting the GOP for dragging its feet on acknowledging Biden's victory." According to the AP, "The message...was that Republicans should concede Biden won and immediately return to negotiations on COVID relief, with the Democrats' $2.4 trillion `HEROES Act' as the starting point." Pelosi told reporters: "It's most unfortunate that the Republicans have decided that they will not respect the will of the people. It's like the house is burning down, and they just refuse to throw water on it." According to Politico <https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/12/congress-stimulus-deadlock-436294> (11/12, Everett, Ferris, 4.29M), "Prospects for a new stimulus bill this year just about hit rock bottom on Thursday" as Pelosi and Schumer "said they have no plans to budge from their position of demanding a $2 trillion coronavirus relief measure, and no less." Politico adds that McConnell "rejected their approach," and "said that he still believes a bill of about $500 billion is the way to go, even though Senate Democrats have repeatedly rejected his proposal." Reuters <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-covid-19impasse-continues-pelosi-warns-house-is-burning-down-idUSICEIN27S2P6> (11/12, Cornwell) quotes McConnell as saying, "I gather she and the Democratic leader in the Senate still are looking at something dramatically larger. That's not a place I think we're willing to go." Reuters reports that although "a senior official in Trump's administration said it was leaving any negotiations about a coronavirus relief package to McConnell and Pelosi for the time being," there is "no sign such talks were imminent." The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/business/economy/economy-covid-stimulus.html> (11/12, Smialek, Cochrane, Fandos, Rappeport, 18.61M) says "in holding firm to their respective positions — Democrats demanding $2.4 trillion as a starting point, with Republicans proposing a fraction of that amount — congressional leaders appeared to be closing the door on the possibility of a year-end compromise." The AP <https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-georgia-elections-lindsey-graham79d7221d2ea83b2ff4d00216ed59 leeb> (11/12) reports that Biden's transition team announced on Thursday that he has spoken with Pelosi and Schumer "about `intensifying' the country's coronavirus response and coping with the economic fallout the pandemic has inflected." According to the AP, "They also discussed the `urgent need' to use the lame duck congressional session to approve bills on slowing the spread of COVID-19, as well as economic relief for `working families and small businesses, support for state and local governments trying to keep front-line workers on the payroll,' expanded unemployment insurance and expanded access to affordable health care." Federal Judge Schedules Conference On Trump Defamation Suit. The Hill <https://thehill.corn/regulation/court-battles/525790-federal-judge-moves-e-jean-carrolls-defamationlawsuit-against-trump> (11/12, Budryk, 2.98M) reports that Judge Lewis Kaplan "on Thursday signaled columnist E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit against President Trump can move forward, scheduling a telephone conference in the case for Dec. 11." The conference scheduling follows ICaplan's earlier denial of the Justice Department's attempt to "take over the case." Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said in a statement to EFTA00137172
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