The House is on track to pass a nearly $500 billion coronavirus rescue package later today, delivering emergency aid to small businesses and hospitals
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Jordan and a handful of other Republicans were on the House floor Thursday morning without masks. But Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer along with GOP lawmakers like Rep. Tom Cole were seen wearing face coverings around the chamber.The vote on the roughly half-trillion dollar package comes after more thanof tense negotiations between Pelosi, GOP leaders and the White House, led by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
Democrats have said they will immediately pivot to the next package, which they say must include another round of relief for state and local governments. “We've allocated $2.8 trillion in the last month or so to fight this pandemic. That adds an awful lot of money to the national debt,” McConnell said Thursday on Kentucky radio station WYGE.
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