Senate Majority Leader McConnell and House Minority Leader McCarthy are expected to meet with President Trump to discuss another coronavirus aid package.
in May, but Senate Republicans have not taken up the legislation and they have not yet rolled out their own plan.
Senate Republicans are pushing back against a White House attempt to block billions of dollars for coronavirus testing and tracing contacts of individuals infected with the coronavirus, two Republican sources told NBC News Sunday.
McConnell is also planning to push for a liability protection provision in the upcoming aid bill that would offer protections for schools, colleges, charities, businesses and frontline health care workers and employers who follow public health guidelines, according to a summary of the proposal obtained by NBC News.
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