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    Pelosi, Schumer call $500b Republican relief bill 'skinny'

    House speaker Nancy Pelosi (Dem) and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (Dem) have released a statement critical of a Republican proposal for coronavirus relief, calling the $500 billion bill "skinny," The Guardian reports.

    "Republicans appear dead-set on another bill which doesn't come close to addressing the problems," they wrote.

    Pelosi and Schumer have proposed an alternative bill that would cost around $2.2 trillion, which has been categorically rejected by Republicans.