The Senate will vote Tuesday on a second round of funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to help small businesses keep employees on the payroll during the pandemic, and Wednesday on the Republicans’ proposed $500 billion targeted coronavirus relief bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced on Saturday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke for an hour and 15 minutes Saturday evening and their staff “will continue discussions, and they have agreed to speak again on Monday,” Treasury spokeswoman Monica Crowley said on Twitter.
