Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin is warning that the Senate coming back in two weeks as scheduled would be “dangerous and risky” amid the coronavirus pandemic
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has not made a scheduling announcement since slotting in a vote on Robert Feitel to be the inspector general of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on April 20, though senators in both parties have said that date may be moved to protect senators. The House is on a similar track.Durbin said in an interview Wednesday that unless there’s a pressing need for a roll-call vote on the coronavirus response, sticking to that schedule would be a mistake.
“I don’t want to come back for the deputy secretary of the Department of Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, whatever it is. That to me is a dangerous and risky effort,” Durbin said. “At least one of my colleagues, when he returned home, he went to a hotel room and stayed for 14 days separate from his wife and family because he didn’t want to infect them. Are we going to repeat that for the deputy undersecretary? I’m sorry. That is unfair.
The Senate can do much of its work by unanimous consent, which allows most senators to remain in their home states, provided that all 100 senators agree not to slow things down. That process will get a critical test on Thursday when McConnell’s party tries to pass $250 billion in new aid to small businesses, which Democrats are trying to add more money to for hospitals and local governments.
In an interview on Monday, Senate Majority Whip John Thune , who helps run the floor, said the plans to return on April 20 are fluid.
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