As Senate Republicans try to push through a $1.8 trillion relief bill -- another vote is planned for this morning -- Sens. Rand Paul, Mitt Romney and Mike Lee won't be able to vote. All are in self-quarantine after Paul's positive coronavirus test.
Because the Senate has no provision for remote voting, the absence of the three puts additional strain on Senate Republicans to garner the votes necessary to pass the relief bill — legislation aimed at an injection of cash into the economy — including direct payments of $1,200 to most Americans and $350 billion in loans to small businesses in an effort to save jobs. Even so, Rand and Lee were among eight Republicans who voted against the package in an earlier vote.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blocked a vote on the stimulus bill late Thursday, saying it did not go far enough.that Paul was present at an event on March 7 where two individuals who attended later tested positive for the coronavirus. The newspaper said several of the attendees had subsequently self-quarantined.
Paul's father, the former senator and presidential candidate Ron Paul, who like his son is also a physician,
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