McConnell in Discussions With White House on New COVID-19 Relief Package

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-K.y.), hold a news conference after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 1, 2020. Tom Williams/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that he is in discussions with the White House on a new targeted COVID-19 relief package that he and fellow Republicans believe President Donald Trump will sign into law.

“We just don’t have time to waste time,” McConnell told reporters of the revised proposal after meeting with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.