Behind the scenes: Multiple GOP Hill aides involved in the stimulus negotiations tell me they feel Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows have undermined the legislative process.

“They came in at the back end with a ton of unrealistic requests, like zeroing out funding for testing and forcing the FBI building into the package,” one congressional aide said. (The president initially wanted a line in the bill to build a new FBI headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C. )

There was also early skepticism among GOP lawmakers about their role in the talks, according to conversations with seven Republican Hill staffers involved in the crafting of the bill.

Mnuchin, the White House’s key negotiator during the passage of the CARES Act, was criticized by members for his willingness to cut deals with Democrats and “give away the store,” as one lawmaker put it.