Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said it was likely fewer unemployment benefits would be included in a second economic relief package.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday there was a"high likelihood" Congress would pass a second economic stimulus package for Americans struggling to make ends meet as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.with Fox News that a second relief package would likely be needed, he said its size and scope would remain uncertain until legislators had a chance to gauge the full impact of the first package and the speed of local economies' revivals as states reopened.
The $2 trillion CARES Act was the largest economic relief package in U.S. history, and early proposals for a second stimulus package indicate many lawmakers believe a second bill would need to be even bigger. Last week, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives passed—which they called the"Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act"—that has drawn criticism from many conservative legislators. According to McConnell, the bill's price tag goes too far.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell puts on a mask after speaking to the press after a meeting with Republican Senators in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, May 19, 2020 in Washington, DC.Republican congressional leaders were discussing the possibility of pulling back unemployment benefits for a second package so Americans would be economically motivated to return to work as states lift pandemic restrictions.
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