U.S. Senate Democrats are prepared to block Republicans from moving forward on a partisan coronavirus aid bill, the chamber's top Democrat warned on Monday, as Republican leaders met at the White House to discuss legislation.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democrats are prepared to block Republicans from moving forward on a partisan coronavirus aid bill, the chamber’s top Democrat warned on Monday, as Republican leaders met at the White House to discuss legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy visited the White House on Monday morning to discuss legislation with President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, according to a Republican Senate aide. Congress has so far passed legislation committing $3 trillion to the crisis. In the more than 12 weeks since Trump signed the last response law, the number of U.S. coronavirus cases has more than tripled to over 3.7 million.Senate Republican plans to unveil a coronavirus bill this week have been upstaged by a White House effort to eliminate billions of dollars for coronavirus testing and tracing from the legislation.
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