Pelosi Works to Cut Emergency Deal. Mcconnell Skips Town Till Monday.
March 13th 2020
Mitch McConnell (Gage Skidmore)
By Kerry Eleveld
This really says it all: Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reportedly been working all day to cut an emergency deal with the White House to address the coronavirus. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, after saying earlier Thursday that he had delayed a scheduled Senate recess, went ahead and left town anyway.
That means anything the House passes either Thursday night or Friday will sit for several days until McConnell cares enough to come back from his vacation to pass it. Or not. Maybe Senate Republicans will simply kill the deal that they made no effort to negotiate. Who knows? Senate Republicans clearly aren’t feeling a lot of urgency.
UPDATE
From earlier Thursday, when it looked like maybe Senate Republicans might attempt to be useful (things have changed since then).
Posted with permission