Bipartisan Senate group revives coronavirus relief talks - POLITICO

A bipartisan group of senators is trying to jump-start stalled coronavirus stimulus talks during the lame duck, with congressional leaders still at odds over providing more relief as cases and deaths spike ahead of the coming winter.

The effort is an uphill battle given the entrenched positions of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his GOP conference and Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

The group is informal and sprawls throughout both caucuses in the Senate, according to sources familiar with the talks.

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin has also been involved in some discussion.

McConnell and most of the Senate GOP have pushed a smaller $500 billion package that Democrats have blocked repeatedly

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