The House is expected to pass a nearly $500B interim coronavirus bill Thursday that includes additional money for the small business loan program, as well as hospitals and testing.
“We come to the floor with such heartache, such sorrow," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said ahead of the vote on Thursday. “It’s about the lives and the livelihoods of the American people. That’s what this is about.”
Although the bill ballooned into nearly half a trillion dollars, both parties have been referring to it as “interim” legislation meant to bridge the gap between the $2 trillion CARES Act and the next expansive round of coronavirus legislation. McConnell also suggested that the Senate would have to come back to Washington to pass the next measure, potentially creating a logistical hurdle for lawmakers who have been in their districts since the Senate adjourned at the end of March.
“My view is we ought to bring everybody back, have full participation to begin to think about the implications to the country's future for this level of national debt.”
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