Mitch McConnell throws cold water on Democrats' $2.2 trillion stimulus plan, calling it 'outlandish' and 'too high'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tore into House Democrats' $2.2 trillion stimulus plan on Wednesday, describing it as "outlandish."
"We're very, very far apart on a deal," McConnell told reporters on Capitol Hill.
Senate Republicans have balked at previous Democratic spending proposals and didn't put their own $1 trillion plan to a vote in August.
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