GOP senators rattled off several concerns with the $1 trillion package, including the price tag and an unrelated provision the White House sought that allocates nearly $2 billion in funding for the construction of a new FBI headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C.
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“I think if Mitch can get half the conference that’d be quite an accomplishment,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said.
“We have unity in disagreement,” added Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.)…
“I’m very concerned about the amount of money we’re talking about,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.). “What I don’t want to do is bail out the states. That’s wrong.”
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