$1.5 trillion of earlier relief still hasn't been spent. Here's what's left
Source: CNN
Congress authorized $3.7 trillion in spending earlier this year to help address the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
But about $1.5 trillion remains to be spent, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a fiscal watchdog group tracking the spending.
Meanwhile, as some of the earlier relief programs expire, Congress is in the middle of an intense negotiation over its next, and likely last, major economic response to the pandemic. House Democrats approved a $3 trillion plan in May, but Republicans proposed a much smaller relief package this week.
Some Republican lawmakers won't support key pieces of their own leadership's proposal, and the unspent money is one reason why.
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