⁍ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the U.S. economy needs an ‘additional boost’
McConnell’s Republicans face a risk of losing their Senate majority in November’s elections.

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⁍ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she agreed that President Donald Trump should use executive powers to extend a moratorium on evictions.

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– Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and White House chief of staff Steven Mnuchin are meeting on Capitol Hill Thursday to try to hammer out a bipartisan deal to extend unemployment benefits and other relief for people affected by the coronavirus, the Hill reports. According to Reuters, the four “principal negotiators”—none of whom, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, are Republicans—are still trillions of dollars apart on issues including the size of a federal benefit for tens of millions of unemployed workers. Pelosi and Schumer want a $3.4 trillion package that includes extended unemployment benefits, a moratorium on evictions for renters who were affected by a previous aid package that expired in late July, and protections for people who reopened businesses after the outbreak of the virus. Mnuchin has said the Trump administration would not accept “anything close” to the $3.4 trillion in new aid sought by Democrats. Senate Republicans have proposed a $1 trillion package that many of their own members have rejected. Pelosi and Schumer have pushed for a comprehensive package of assistance for the unemployed, the poor, hospitals, schools, and state and local governments. Mnuchin has warned that the Trump administration would not accept ‘anything close’ to the $3.4 trillion in new aid sought by Democrats. Senate Republicans have proposed a $1 trillion package that many of their own members have rejected. Asked why Republicans as well as Democrats can’t agree with that, she said: “Perhaps you mistook them (Republicans) for somebody who gives a damn.”