一个由众议院和参议院议员组成的两党小组正在传播他们9080亿美元的更多细节冠状病毒经过几天的幕后谈判后，救助法案于周三出台，但目前还不清楚是否国会领导会支持它。
根据美国广播公司新闻获得的立法摘要，该提案包括在截至4月底的16周内每周增加300美元的失业保险福利。
该提议还将把定于12月底到期的大范围失业保险计划再延长16周。
该框架还包括大约34亿美元用于州、地方、地区和部落疫苗开发和分发的赠款，以及70亿美元用于接触者追踪和测试的赠款。
小企业协会贷款计划包括3000亿美元。遭受重创的企业将有资格获得第二笔薪资保障计划贷款，但资格仅限于员工人数不超过300人的小型企业，这些企业在2020年的任何一个季度都遭受了30%的收入损失。
两党提案还提供了250亿美元的租金援助，并将联邦驱逐禁令延长至2021年1月。
它还将为教育提供者提供820亿美元，并将学生贷款期限延长至4月底。
对航空业、公共交通、美国邮政服务、农业补贴和宽带扩展的资助也包括在内。
总结没有提到对美国人的另一轮直接支付，越来越多的民主党人和共和党人要求包括在内。
共和党领导层尚未对两党提案进行权衡。
“我们仍在寻找前进的道路，”参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔周三对记者说。
这份六页的总结没有包括针对冠状病毒相关诉讼的责任保护以及对州和地方政府的资助等具体内容，这是谈判中最大的两个症结。
该提议确实包括一项“原则上同意向州和地方政府提供1600亿美元”的协议，“作为真诚谈判的基础”，这对民主党人至关重要。
它还包括一项关于责任盾牌的“原则协议”，这是共和党的优先事项。
麦康奈尔周二表示，他愿意从最终法案中删除州和地方援助和责任保护的措辞，但众议院议长南希·佩洛西和参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默很快否决了他的建议。
麦康奈尔周三在参议院表示:“谈判101似乎表明，我们应该搁置这两项有争议的措施，继续推进我们达成一致的一大堆事情，但这需要双方真正希望取得结果。”
舒默周二早些时候表示，当地领导人已经联系了民主党人，他们表示，如果没有国会的资金注入，他们将很快被迫解雇消防员、警察和卫生工作者等关键员工。
“在参议院，许多共和党人支持州和地方资助，”舒默说。“州和地方的资助是两党的，不像领袖麦康奈尔提出的没有民主党支持的极端公司责任提案。”
与此同时，美国财政部长史蒂文·姆努钦(Steven Mnuchin)周二发布的一项价值9160亿美元的白宫提案威胁要彻底破坏两党谈判。
白宫的提议包括债务改革和对州和地方政府的援助。它将重新使用2.2万亿美元冠状病毒救助法案中的剩余资金，同时再提取4290亿美元的财政部资金。
该提议最终没有包括每周增加失业救济金，而是向美国人发放一次性600美元的刺激支票。
“总统的提议首先是将众议院和参议院两党议员正在讨论的失业保险提案从1800亿美元削减到400亿美元。这是不可接受的，”佩洛西和纽约州参议员舒默星期二在一份联合声明中说。
他们在声明中说:“虽然领导人麦康奈尔已经签署了一项基于两党框架的9160亿美元的提议，这是一个进展，但绝不能允许总统的提议阻碍正在进行的两党国会谈判。”“众议院和参议院成员一直在进行真诚的谈判，并继续取得进展。两党会谈是两党解决方案的最大希望。”
尽管议员们在救助计划的规模和范围上仍存在分歧，但时间至关重要。在联邦政府于12月18日关闭之前，国会必须谈判并批准一项约1.4万亿美元的综合支出协议。
国会领导人希望在他们回家度假之前，确定一个可以附在必须通过的支出法案上的救济方案。
Bipartisan group of lawmakers unveil $908 billion COVID-19 relief proposal
A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers are circulating more details of their $908 billioncoronavirusrelief bill Wednesday after days of backroom negotiations, but it's unclear at this point ifcongressional leadership will support it.
The proposal includes a $300 weekly boost to unemployment insurance benefits for 16 weeks, through the end of April, according to a summary of the legislation obtained by ABC News.
The proposal would also extend pandemic unemployment insurance programs that are set to expire at the end of December for another 16 weeks.
The framework also includes roughly $3.4 billion in grants for state, local, territories and tribes for vaccine development and distribution, and $7 billion in grants for contact tracing and testing.
There is $300 billion included for the Small Business Association loan program. Hard-hit businesses would be eligible for a second Paycheck Protection Program loan, but eligibility would be limited to small businesses with 300 or fewer employees that have sustained a 30% revenue loss in any quarter of 2020.
The bipartisan proposal also provides $25 billion for rental assistance and extends the federal eviction moratorium through January 2021.
It would also provide $82 billion for education providers, and extend student loan forbearance through the end of April.
Funding for the airline industry, public transit, the U.S. Postal Service, agricultural subsidies and broadband expansion is also included.
The summary makes no mention of another round of direct payments to Americans, which is something a growing number of Democrats and Republicans are asking be included.
Republican leadership has yet to weigh in on the bipartisan proposal.
"We're still looking for a way forward," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters Wednesday.
The six-page summary does not include specific language on liability protections from coronavirus-related lawsuits and funding for state and local governments, which are two of the biggest sticking points in negotiations.
The proposal does include an "agreement in principle to provide $160 billion" for state and local governments "as the basis for good faith negotiations," which is critical for Democrats.
It also includes an "agreement in principle" on liability shields, a priority for Republicans.
McConnell said Tuesday he'd be willing to drop state and local aid and liability protection language from the final bill, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer were quick to shoot down his recommendation.
"Negotiating 101 seems to suggest we set those two controversial measures aside and plow ahead with a huge pile of things we agree on, but that would require both sides to truly want to get an outcome," McConnell said on the Senate floor Wednesday.
Schumer said earlier Tuesday that Democrats had been contacted by local leaders who said they will soon be forced to lay off essential workers, like firefighters, police officers and sanitation workers, without an infusion of cash from Congress.
"Within the Senate many Republicans support state and local funding," Schumer said. "State and local funding is bipartisan, unlike the extreme corporate liability proposal Leader McConnell made which has no Democratic support."
Meanwhile, a $916 billion White House proposal issued Tuesday by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin threatened to derail bipartisan negotiations altogether.
The White House offer included both liability reform and aid to state and local governments. It would re-purpose remaining money from the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill, while drawing an additional $429 billion in Treasury funds.
The offer ultimately did not include a weekly enhancement of jobless benefits and would instead issue a one-time $600 stimulus check to Americans.
"The President's proposal starts by cutting the unemployment insurance proposal being discussed by bipartisan Members of the House and Senate from $180 billion to $40 billion. That is unacceptable," Pelosi and Senate Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday in a joint statement.
"While it is progress that Leader McConnell has signed off on a $916 billion offer that is based off of the bipartisan framework, the President's proposal must not be allowed to obstruct the bipartisan Congressional talks that are underway," their statement said. "Members of the House and Senate have been engaged in good-faith negotiations and continue to make progress. The bipartisan talks are the best hope for a bipartisan solution."
While lawmakers remain divided on the size and scope of a relief package, time is of the essence. Congress must negotiate and approve a roughly $1.4 trillion omnibus spending deal before the federal government shuts down on Dec. 18.
Congressional leaders are hoping to nail down a relief package that could be attached to the must-pass spending bill before they head home for the holidays.
