House hits gas, Senate pumps brakes on $2T more in relief
By Mike Lillis and Scott Wong - 05/06/20 06:00 AM EDT
Congress is under the gun to pass yet another massive round of coronavirus relief, as small-business funds dry up, state budgets are ravaged and unemployment claims soar to record highs.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Democrats are planning to unveil an enormous CARES 2 package in the coming days, with a possible floor vote as early as next week — a blistering pace for a proposal expected to rival the size of the initial CARES Act, which topped $2.2 trillion and was signed into law March 27.
House passage would set up another heated clash with Republicans in the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is calling for a “pause†in emergency aid, to allow the trillions of dollars already allocated to get out the door.
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