Amid warnings of continued risks from the pandemic and after several members complained, House leaders have reversed course and announced the House will not return to Washington next week as expected.
Tom Brenner/Reutersand after several members complained, House leaders reversed course on Tuesday and announced the House will not return to Washington next week as expected.
"We made a judgment that we will not come back next week, but that we hope to come back very soon to pass the CARES 2 piece of legislation, and at that time we will be asking members to return to the Congress, to Washington," Hoyer told reporters. According to Capitol Police spokeswoman Eva Malecki, eight of those 12 officers who tested positive have"fully recovered and have returned to work, or are cleared to return to work."
Many lawmakers also had concerns about how they were expected to take care of their families and children while returning to Washington for an extended stay. “It’s clear that Democrats have no idea how to run the House during this critical time and no plan to safely reopen Congress. As Leader McCarthy said last week, we should sit down and chart a bipartisan path forward so members are not constantly twisting in the wind," a spokeswoman for Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a statement to ABC News.
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