Mitch Mcconnell speaking on Fox.
Initial comments are on the proceedings to appoint the new judge.
On Stimulus talks being halted - says Pelosi did not make a reasonable offer.
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Pelosi has just spoken about the ending of the talks. Trump has tweeted on it. Now McConnell.
ICYMI, this is what its all about:
The comments since from the three players do not really add much info.
The point is markets were getting hopeful that progress was being made, which was giving stocks and risk more generally a tail wind. But Trump's tweet pulling the pin sent it all down again.
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As an aside, I could not help but think of this oldie, but goodie:
A balloon boy who has a balloon mum and a balloon dad and he goes to a balloon school with balloon friends and a balloon principal.
And one day, the balloon boy decides to take a pin to his balloon school, which is, of course, a disaster. And he's called into the balloon principal's office, and the balloon principal tells him, 'You've let me down, you've let your school down, you've let your parents down, you've let your friends down. But most importantly you've let yourself down'.
