The coronavirus outbreak has upended Capitol Hill and put lawmakers' legacies on the line
As President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial closed two months ago, 2020 was shaping up to be perhaps the lamest year in Congress in decades. Some judges would be confirmed, lawmakers would punt on the toughest issues and all eyes would turn to the presidential election.more than earth-shaking events that just months ago seemed to embody the wild days of government under President Donald Trump.
“These are major, major policy levers that have just never been pulled before,” said Senate Majority Whip John Thune of thetrillion effort to aid unemployed workers, small business and corporations. “We’ll probably be studying this for some time. And let’s hope to heck that it works.” At-risk lawmakers are trying to push all that to the back of their minds. Many have essentially frozen their campaigns at the precise moment“The thing that we’re trying to do is to try to not think about that. The perceptions and the politics of this are truly taking a backseat for us,” said Sen. Doug Jones , who faces an uphill battle for reelection this fall. “I will be judged. I’m happy to be judged on whatever I say and do at that point come November.
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