Members of Congress Fear Coronavirus Spread Because Capitol Was Left Open
-- It's back to the drawing board in D.C. for Congress -- with Senators failing to pass a stimulus package bill with a split vote of 47-47 Sunday ... this after the House already sent a version of the bill along and suspended their session in hopes the Senate could get it done.
That would solve the quorum problem for House members, a good amount of whom would have to be back in D.C. otherwise in order to get any official business done. The members we spoke with -- who only wanted to talk on background -- tell us, about 3 weeks ago when the problems associated with coronavirus started blowing up they began talking about limiting or excluding visitors from the Capitol.
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