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Virus relief package uncertain in post-election Congress

by Andrew Taylor
| November 9, 2020 3:40 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress began a lame-duck session Monday facing uncertain odds for a new COVID-19 relief bill, with the split decision in the election empowering both President-elect Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell while eroding the hardline negotiating posture of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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