Congress Won't Return Until May, As Talks Appear To Stall On Small Business Aid
Source: npr
April 14, 20202:36 PM ET
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the full Senate will not plan to return to the Capitol before May 4 a delay from a planned return next Monday.
McConnell said the decision to change the schedule was made "following the advice of health experts" and in consultation with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
McConnell, R-Ky., stressed that Congress continues to work remotely to respond to the economic impact of the coronavirus.
"As Senators continue working together from our home states, we must stay totally focused on fighting this pandemic and strengthening our nation. The coronavirus does not take days off and the United States Senate must not either, wherever we are," McConnell said in a written statement on Tuesday.
The move follows a similar announcement a day earlier from House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., informing members the House would not return until May 4...........
Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/14/834257366/congress-wont-return-until-may-as-talks-appear-to-stall-on-small-business-aid
DENVERPOPS
(8,835 posts)Must be nice........with pay and benefits of course......
Pillow talk
(265 posts)remotely in an emergency.
machoneman
(4,007 posts)...when the House and Senate reconvene. Oddly, Trump is so stupid he doesn't even know he's lost any leverage on Nancy. Hah!
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)hazmat suit...goggles...separate air supply..
And at the end of the day before you leave...Sprayed down with the
appropriate de-virusing solution...But
GET YOUR ASSES BACK TO WORK!!!...
NotHardly
(1,062 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)Are driving us into a depression , while screwing over the American people giving billions to millionaire donors before the poor and middle class.