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McConnell signals no GOP support for emerging COVID-19 deal

by Andrew TaylorLisa Mascaro
| December 10, 2020 12:27 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is hitting the brakes on emerging COVID-19 aid package from a bipartisan group of lawmakers, saying Republican senators won't support $160 billion in state and local funds as part of a potential trade-off in the deal.

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