More than 70 lawmakers, all Democrats - many from California and other Western states - submitted formal proxy requests to the House Clerk as required ahead of the votes.ĭemocrats engineered the rules change over Republican opposition so the House could work from home, as many other Americans are doing. “The ultimate solution is to begin to get back to normal." “We can’t keep propping up the economy forever,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday in Lexington, Kentucky. Democrats have pushed a $3 trillion-plus measure through the House, but negotiations with the GOP-controlled Senate and White House have yet to begin.
There were no formal talks between congressional leaders on the next phase of the federal coronavirus response. Republicans in the Senate, which is on recess after spending much of May in the capital, have knocked the decision by top Democrats to largely stay out of session during the pandemic.ĭeadlocked over the next big coronavirus relief bill, Congress is shifting its attention to a more modest overhaul of small-business aid in hopes of helping employers reopen shops and survive the pandemic.īut the agenda is in flux. The House returned to Washington for an abbreviated two-day session as the city remains under stay home orders. “It's a dereliction of duty,” McCarthy said. Twenty Republicans joined in the leaders’ lawsuit against that move, which House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy of California says is unconstitutional. Dozens of Democrats signed up to have colleagues cast their vote by proxy. The House rules change is fast becoming a political test on party lines.
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