Cuomo says Senate’s $2 trillion coronavirus bill would be ‘terrible’ for New York

“In life, you do what you have to do,” he said.

The White House and leaders of both parties in the Senate reached the stimulus deal around 1:30 a.m. following days of partisan debate in Congress and numerous late-night negotiating sessions.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said his chamber will vote and pass the legislation later Wednesday, though the final details of the bill were still being ironed out by the early afternoon. A senior Democratic aide told CNBC procedural hurdles made it unlikely the House will vote on the bill until Thursday at the earliest. 

Amid the back-and-forth over the provisions this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released her own proposal, which laid out the Democrats’ agenda and was criticized by Republicans as an ideological wish list.

Cuomo, however, said Pelosi’s plan would have provided more for New York than the current bill in the Senate.

“We need more federal help than this bill gives us. The House bill would have given us $17 billion. The Senate bill gives us $3 billion,” Cuomo said. “That’s a dramatic, dramatic difference.”

Trump and Cuomo, a Democrat, have been in close coordination amid New York’s sharp rise in cases — and each has alternated between being deferential with each other and feuding about their efforts to combat the virus.

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Wednesday morning that Trump is aware of the contents of the Senate’s bill and is eager to sign it.

“He’s been pushing for Congress to do the right thing and get ready help the American people. So we’re really looking forward to this vote today so that he can sign it into law,” Grisham said on Fox News.

— CNBC’s William Feuer and Lauren Hirsch contributed to this report.

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