The agreement on the new $ 1,200 check "is close", according to the Democrats, "it is a serious attempt" with the White House

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, announced on Thursday

, although she warned that Congress may be a long way from passing a bill despite progress.

"If we were not making progress, I would not spend five seconds in these talks," he said at a press conference, "I think it is a serious attempt. I think both parties want to reach an agreement."

Pelosi plans to speak with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin again this Thursday to finalize the deal, though she cautioned: "If we can figure out some of these things in the next few days, it will take a while to draft the bill."

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, this Thursday at a press conference in the Capitol.

In addition, he clarified that they have not yet reached a consensus on several issues that have hampered negotiations for months, such as aid to state and local governments, liability protections for companies and improving the financing of electoral systems and the census.

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The fact that an agreement has not been reached at this point has made it almost impossible for legislators to inject money to alleviate the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 before the elections on November 3.

"We can do something great, and I'm still optimistic that we can do it," Pelosi noted however.

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The Democratic senators managed to block yesterday again in the Senate a Republican stimulus plan of 500,000 million dollars that does not include the delivery of a new check for 1,200 dollars to the citizens.

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Republicans could not add the 60 votes needed to approve the package, which Democrats opposed, believing that it would have less money than they consider necessary to help people and businesses affected by the pandemic.

The Democrats' proposal amounts to 

 and includes, among other measures, 

and $ 600 weekly benefits for the unemployed.

The White House had pressed hours before with a new 48-hour deadline to reach an agreement with the Democrats, which extends the deadline, also 48 hours, that Pelosi had set on Monday to close the deal.

"I am optimistic. We share a goal and that is, hopefully, have some kind of agreement in the next 48 hours," White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told Fox News on Wednesday.

However, the hope of the Donald Trump administration clashes

, who told his fellow Republicans on Wednesday that he is "encouraging" the White House to wait until after the November 3 election to approve the plan. aid for the pandemic.

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Trump believes he could persuade Senate Republicans to accept a more ambitious aid package: "

said in an interview on Fox News.

Trump has been in favor of an aid package closer to that of the Democrats in terms of its total amount, namely 

, which would include a new round of direct stimulus of $ 1,200, an idea that the president has repeatedly supported.

"I want to make it 

" he said in that interview.

With information from CNBC