Mitch McConnell is drawing a line: There will be no more attempts at long-distance legislating on the coronavirus
After two weeks of bickering over McConnell’s initial proposal to send a quarter-billion dollars to revive the depleted Paycheck Protection Program, the Senate clinched a deal Tuesday providing more aid to small businesses and hospitals, and for disease testing. But it was neither easy nor pretty and the episode exposed the pitfalls of trying to legislate while the Senate is in recess.
“It’s time to do our job. It’s time to return to Washington and get to work,” said Sen. Mike Lee . “We can’t legislate without our members here.” Sen. Rand Paul warned of the “massive debt Congress is creating,” called for the economy to open up and officially registered his opposition to the bill. | Carolyn Kaster, File/AP Photo
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