House GOP whip team seeks to get Republicans behind Senate coronavirus bill
By Juliegrace Brufke - 03/24/20 07:56 PM EDT
The House Republican whip team is telling members to get behind the emerging Senate stimulus package, with House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) telling members Tuesday he believes it’s the GOP’s best option to respond to the economic harm caused by the coronavirus.
During a whip team call led by Scalise and Chief Deputy Whip Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.), Scalise cast the Senate bill as a better alternative than the House package Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has put together.
“Whip Scalise emphasized that time is of the essence, and that our best position is to accept the Senate bill, given that we have seen Speaker Pelosi is not interested in putting together a serious product and instead is attempting to use this crisis as a vehicle to codify a host of progressive policies that are unrelated to the coronavirus, including federalizing our elections, implementing the Green New Deal, and massive giveaways to unions, among other things,†Scalise spokeswoman Lauren Fine said in a statement.
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