Richmond says new pandemic relief bill should be passed before Christmas

Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) said Tuesday that a new COVID-19 stimulus package – which Congress has been deadlocked on since the summer – needs to be worked out by Christmastime.”We have a responsibility as a federal government to help people, and I believe that we will get it done. But we should get it done before Christmas,” Richmond said. “We should not wait to drop this on the lap of the next president. We are the United States Congress -…