The GOP resistance puts a damper on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) and Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer’s (N.Y.) efforts to seize the political momentum on a phase-four coronavirus relief package.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday said he’s not opposed to more money for hospitals and health care providers “down the line” but said Democrats are already asking for money for programs that have yet to receive funding allocated for them in the CARES Act, which became law March 27. Continue reading.