WASHINGTON — Senators appear to be scaling back a proposed COVID-19 aid package to about $10 billion by eliminating a $5 billion foreign assistance component.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday confirmed the developments from the discussions Wednesday evening, although no decisions are final.
“What we want to do, given the fact that we dropped $2 trillion on the economy last year, is to pay for the package. It’s sort of still in, kind of a work in progress, but as of late last night it appeared as if, that it would be skinnied down from $15 (billion to $10 (billion),” McConnell said of the GOP position.
