U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expects the chamber on Wednesday to ...
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivers remarks during the Friends of Ireland luncheon event on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
“So while I will support the House bill in order to secure emergency relief for some workers, I will not adjourn the Senate until we have passed a far bolder package that must include significant relief for small businesses all across our country,” McConnell said on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday. “Everybody understands we aren’t leaving until we deliver it.”
Lawmakers are also looking at the “best pathway to put money directly in the hands of the American people... as quickly as possible” and “targeted relief for key industries that are shouldering an outsized burden from the public health directives,” McConnell said.
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