Republican senators say Nancy Pelosi's rush to complete a coronavirus bill doesn't put pressure on them to act
Hopes are fading on Capitol Hill for a deal on the next round of coronavirus relief before an approaching Memorial Day recess, raising the prospect that Congress won’t clinch a new spending agreement until June or beyond.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has taken to likening the Republican Party’s reluctance to move quickly to President Herbert Hoover, whose hesitation to respond to economic catastrophe helped usher in the Great Depression.House Democrats are “moving really fast and big and bold. And Leader McConnell hasn’t done anything,” Schumer said Monday. “The American people will be very much behind the kind of big, bold solution that the House is proposing.
“It’s hard for people to wrap their heads around it,” said Sen. Josh Hawley , who is advocating for federally subsidizing workers’ salaries to prevent layoffs. “I’m hearing a lot more of my colleagues say: ‘What are we going to do about jobs? ‘I think people are getting there.” “At this point there’s still negotiations just within the Democratic Party on what should be in this bill. Last week we were posed with the question: Should we go big?” Rep. Kim Schrier said in an interview. “The general consensus was ‘go big’ and put in what we believe in and then the pressure is on Republicans to explain why they’re not supporting [our proposals].”
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