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Pelosi works to cut emergency deal. McConnell leaves town till Monday

Pelosi works to cut emergency deal. McConnell leaves town till Monday
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Daily Kos Staff

Thursday March 12, 2020 · 5:00 PM PDT

2020/03/12 · 17:00

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 10: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the US Capitol to attend the Republicans weekly policy luncheon on March 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. He is flanked by (L-R) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Republican Policy Committee Chairman Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO). (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, and Roy Blunt yuck it up during Trump’s visit to the Capitol this week.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 10: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the US Capitol to attend the Republicans weekly policy luncheon on March 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. He is flanked by (L-R) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Republican Policy Committee Chairman Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO). (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, and Roy Blunt yuck it up during Trump’s visit to the Capitol this week.

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.

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From earlier Thursday, when it looked like maybe Senate Republicans might attempt to be useful (things have changed since then).

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