The $900 billion bipartisan stimulus deal currently being negotiated has opponents on both the left and the right, making the goal of a quick deal without a fight increasingly unlikely.

Bloomberg is reporting that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has refused to back the plan, preferring instead the much smaller Republican proposal, which was advanced a few weeks back. He, along with other Senate conservatives, have balked not only at the price tag but also at the aid to state and local governments as well as the six-month moratorium on COVID-19 based lawsuits, which have been painted as insufficient by these GOP members. McConnell blamed Democrats again, saying that they are practicing all-or-nothing tactics despite Democratic leaders having signed on to the bipartisan plan, which is more than $1 trillion less than what they wanted originally.

The Washington Post, meanwhile, said that the self-described socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has also refused to support the plan due at least in part to the lack of $1,200 stimulus checks that had been a major component of previous aid measures. Other liberals, such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), have raised the same concern. Sanders also opposed the liability shield that conservatives thought was inadequate. The senator said that unless the bill is significantly reworked, he would vote against it.

As the parties continue to negotiate, millions of people face a looming year-end benefits cliff that will see many of the supports instituted to support those struggling during the pandemic disappear into thin air, thrusting them into a future even more uncertain than before. If the parties expect to provide relief before this happens, they must agree to a deal soon.