Dems say Mnuchin offered to meet but refused to budge on COVID bill
Top Democrats say Mnuchin made an "overture" to meet but made it clear "the White House is not budging" in negotiations.
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Top Democrats say Mnuchin made an "overture" to meet but made it clear "the White House is not budging" in negotiations.
President Trump took executive action after talks between White House officials and Democrats failed last week.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that he would recommend the president take executive action.
Their letter comes after the two had a "heated" meeting with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Wednesday about increased delays in mail delivery.
White House advisers and top Democrats are set to meet again today to continue negotiations over the next round of coronavirus relief legislation. Disagreements over extending federal unemployment benefits remain a sticking point. CBS News political reporter Grace Segers joins CBSN with the latest.
Despite hours of negotiating early Saturday, the White House and Congress failed to reach a new stimulus deal despite millions of Americans facing possible evictions and other financial obligations. Nikole Killion reports.
Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnunchin Saturday.
The clock is ticking for congressional lawmakers to pass another federal stimulus package, as unemployment benefits for roughly 25 million Americans are set to expire this week. CBS News' Skyler Henry and Wall Street Journal's Capitol Hill reporter Siobhan Hughes join CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.
Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the GOP proposal for a new stimulus package and what it will take to make a deal.
"This is the oldest, most obvious, least original anti-Semitic trope in history. Senator, literally no one believes your excuses," candidate Jon Ossoff said in response.
Schumer said there is "a group of hard right-wing people in the Senate who don't want to spend any money on anything."
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the White House and Senate Republicans had reached a "fundamental agreement."
The Treasury secretary and White House chief of staff are meeting with leaders of both parties as talks continue.
The leaders say they "believe it is imperative that the FBI provide a classified defensive briefing to all Members of Congress."
Kerri Evelyn Harris is running as a progressive candidate in Delaware's Democratic Senate primary, challenging incumbent Sen. Tom Carper. She joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss her platform, where she thinks the party is headed and why this race would be historic if she won.
CBSN political contributor Sabrina Siddiqui and Yahoo News White House correspondent Hunter Walker joined Red and Blue to break down how President Trump's Supreme Court nominee could overshadow midterms, and why the White House is doubling down on immigration in an election year.
Move came hours before Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, would have ended
Senate Democrats argued that the bill, proposed by Republicans, did not go far enough to address police brutality.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the Republican bill will not have the votes to move forward in the Senate.
Schumer said the "real unanswered question" is "why did the president and Mr. Barr do it?"
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer attempted to pass the resolution by unanimous consent.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Mr. Trump's "fanning of the flames of discord, bigotry and violence is cowardly, weak and dangerous."
Top Democrats are reacting to the White House's decision to tell former counsel Don McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena. The Hill's Julia Manchester joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss the response from top lawmakers and the rest of Monday's top political headlines.
President Trump addressed reporters Wednesday after speaking briefly at the White House with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Mr. Trump suggested he would not negotiate an infrastructure plan while Democrats continued to pursue investigations of his administration.
Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer slammed the president for cutting a White House meeting on infrastructure short, citing ongoing investigations into his administration. CBS News' Nancy Cordes and Ed O'Keefe have more on the latest developments.