White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday to discuss the next round of stimulus bill. 

Mark Meadows
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White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was finally given a chance to talk with the Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a new stimulus bill on Thursday. This is to make sure that millions of Americans will have the aid that they need before the government shuts down on October 1. 

Republicans and White House never stopped to reach out with the Democratic House Speaker to act on the next round of stimulus bill. White House Chief of Staff has been very vocal even before the Republican National Convention that Pres. Trump will sign it as soon as the bill is on his table. 

One of the reasons why the White House and Republicans are putting pressure on the Democratic leaders because they are afraid that millions of Americans will not receive the aid they need before September ends. All government operations will shut down beginning October 1 to focus on the campaign.

This means that if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not consider the request of White House to recall Congress and vote for the next round of stimulus bill, more Americans will suffer the economic effect of the global pandemic. More families will get hungry and more people will be homeless.

According to a published report in Market Screener, White House Chief of Staff Mar Meadows made the first step to call Pelosi. He made this after he was not given a chance to have a meeting with Pelosi on Saturday to discuss the second round of stimulus package. Pelosi's aide told Meadows that the House Speaker was at a meeting. 

Finally, the two leaders talked for 25 minutes after the last time they discussed the new stimulus package. However, the two leaders are still apart from each other and it seems that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continued to reject the offer of the House on the new relief package. 

Pelosi said "This conversation made clear that the White House continues to disregard the needs of the American people as the coronavirus crisis devastates lives and livelihoods. "We're willing to come down - meet them in the middle - that would be $2.2 trillion, and when they're ready to do that we'll be ready to discuss and negotiate the particulars."

However, this is in contrast to what White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said in a separate interview with the Fox News, He said that he sought funding for the enhanced unemployment benefits, help for small businesses and money for schools and daycare. He also asserted that he gets nothing from Pelosi during the 25-minute call. 

It can be remembered in the recently published article Latin Post White House and Republicans are set to propose a new stimulus bill. Two senior administration officials and three persons who have the knowledge about the matter also shared that they will release and brief congress as early as this week on the new stimulus bill. 

It is now up to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi if she will recall Congress as early as next week to discuss on the floor the new relief bill. White House has long been supportive of the second round of the aid but Congress never acts on what millions of Americans need. 

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