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McConnell Cancels Senate Recess, Will Remain In Town To Craft COVID-19 Legislation

(Update 13:45 ET): McConnell has canceled the Senate recess over the coronavirus, saying on Tuesday that they will remain in town to craft COVID-19 legislation.

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(Update 11:11 ET): President Trump says he does not support House Democrats’ coronavirus bill because it includes ‘unrelated goodies.’

He added that he won’t invoke emergency powers under the stafford act over the outbreak at this time.

Meanwhile, Trump’s former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Bossert has some thoughts on what should be done right now

 

“In two weeks, we will regret wasting time and energy on travel restrictions and wish we focused more on hospital preparation and large scale community mitigation.”

Update: McConnell responds

 

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has slammed legislation introduced by House Democrats to tackle coronavirus as an “ideological wish list” which he vowed to block because it creates a “needless thicket of bureaucracy.”

“Instead of focusing on immediate relief to affected individuals, families and businesses, the House Democrats chose to wander into various areas of policy that are barely related, if at all, to the issue before us.” he said.

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