Their demand comes withcases spiking dramaticallyin a number of states but little urgency from congressional Republicans and the White House to respond.
“The nation has seen a dramatic surge in both cases and deaths caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Adding to that pain, our economy is facing one of its greatest challenges since the Great Depression. Over one fifth of the workforce has requested unemployment assistance,” Pelosi and Schumer wrote in a letter to McConnell. “Now is the time for action, not continued delays and political posturing.”
Senate Republicans and the White House have been eyeing late July as the timeframe for putting together another coronavirus bill, after passing four bills in March and April pumping some $3 trillion into the economy. The Democratic-led House passed another massive relief bill 45 days ago but Republicans declared it dead on arrival in the Senate and Trump threatened to veto it.
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