'I don't agree with everything 100 percent. But you know what, we need to do something right away,' Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of leadership, told Newsweek. 'We know that we're going to have people out of work, and we need to make sure that they're getting relief.'
As the coronavirus pandemic increasingly upends daily life across the globe and exacerbates fears of an economic recession in the United States, a stimulus bill that would require some companies to provide their employees with paid sick leave has come to a grinding halt in the Senate.early Saturday morning with the blessing of President Donald Trump, disagreements among Senate Republicans on Monday left the measure hanging in limbo.
"I feel urgency to get it done right," said Sen. Mike Braun ."Most small businesses are not going to have lines of credit, they aren't going to be in a position to where they can weather it." Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the media following the weekly Republican caucus luncheon where Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and members of the coronavirus task force briefed senators on March 3 in Washington, DC.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wouldn't tip his hand as to when and how they'll address the paid sick leave legislation."I know that all of us are eager to act quickly to support American workers, families and small businesses," he said on the chamber floor.
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