Senators return to Washington Tuesday with a slate of politically contentious objectives to check off just as the 2020 election season revs into high gear. While the stalemate continues on another COVID-19 relief package, other legislative priorities -- primarily a stopgap government funding bill to
Senators return to Washington Tuesday with a slate of politically contentious objectives to check off just as the 2020 election season revs into high gear.
"Regretfully as we've gotten closer and closer to the election, the degree of bipartisan cooperation has descended," McConnell said at a local stop Wednesday."And I can't tell you for sure whether we'll get another rescue package or not." While a vote on the measure -- which sources tell ABC News is expected Thursday -- would give vulnerable Republicans something to point to in their reelections as Americans around the country suffer amid the coronavirus pandemic, it is not expected to get the 60 votes needed for passage.
And while many thought congressional leaders would be forced to merge COVID-19 stimulus aid efforts with a stopgap government funding bill, a precarious proposition given the state of virus negotiations, Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin reached a crucial agreement this week that seems to move the two top agenda items on separate tracks.
But the high-level agreement on a continuing resolution would still leave pandemic funding unresolved while a host of other issues are poised to come to a head over the next month.With a heightened focus on the upcoming election, Democrats are expected to return to the Hill pushing back on an Aug. 29 decision by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to cease in-person election security briefings to Congress and instead providing intelligence information only in written form.
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