The best way Americans can support front-line community workers, Pelosi said, is to make sure they don't lose their jobs to budget cuts.
At the White House, President Donald Trump said, “We’ll see what happens.”Congress is partially reopening next week as the House convenes key committee hearings and the Senate gavels into session after being shuttered for more than a month during the pandemic.Senators are recommended to wear masks, keep 6 feet apart and have most staff work from home, according to official guidance. At the private Republican lunches, it will be just three senators to a table.
Officials are especially concerned about the hundreds of cooks, custodial staff and maintenance workers needed to run the vast Capitol complex for the 100 senators. “We’re not interested in borrowing money from future generations to send down to states to help them with bad decisions they made in the past unrelated to the coronavirus epidemic,” the GOP leader said.to prevent what he calls “an epidemic of lawsuits” against doctors, hospitals and businesses reopening in the pandemic.
Beshear said he made a pitch for additional federal assistance in a Thursday conversation with McConnell. The California Democrat said governors have asked for $500 billion, and county and city governments are requesting a similar amount.But to the extent the federal government can provide funds to prevent widespread layoffs, she said, “that’s our goal.”
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