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President Donald Trump will get some company in Washington this week as Congress,

which has been on an elongated July 4th break, returns to town.

This means hundreds of lawmakers running around the Capitol complex,

reporters looking for reaction to each of the president's utterances, and most importantly,

the beginning of negotiations over the next large-scale coronavirus relief package.

This will be the hardest one yet. Republicans and Democrats are singing from different song sheets at the moment,

and it will be up to Speaker Nancy Pelosi,

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell,

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer,

and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

to chart a chorus that could produce a bill that the president will sign.

The White House will be represented by Treasury Secretary

Stephen Mnuchin and Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, in negotiations. Figuring out what the president

wants is a difficult task, especially since it's liable to change from day to day.

It's not entirely clear who has the upper hand in these talks. McConnell has said he needs

a liability overhaul to get a bill through the Senate. Democrats have been a bit more circumspect

in what they want. No red lines, they've said, but they have suggested they need state and local

money and enhanced unemployment. This package will be the last train leaving the station, so to speak, perhaps the last big bill before election day.

And as the New York Times points out on today's front page, lobbyists all want a piece.

Here's the schedule at this point for this week.

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