said the state of play was increasingly tenuous. Marianne LeVine, Caitlin Emma and Victoria Guida contributed to this report. After meeting with McConnell later Friday, Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) Standard & Poors said in a report Tuesday that the economy would be 1.5 percentage points smaller in 2021 without more aid. Indeed, McConnell has been in the catbirds seat since Senate Republicans outperformed expectations in November while House Democrats barely held their majority.
John Chandra also had a major influence on the decision.
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