President Donald Trump on Tuesday made another appeal to Republican lawmakers to support an economic relief package greater than the $2.2 trillion that was proposed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who said Tuesday would be the final day to come to an agreement before the election.
“It’s very simple. I want to do it even bigger than the Democrats,” Trump told Fox News on Tuesday. “Now, not every Republican agrees with me, but they will ... I want to do it even bigger than the Democrats, because this is money going to people that did not deserve what happened to them coming out of China.”