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Pelosi works to cut emergency deal. McConnell leaves town till Monday NewsColony Daily Kos Staff Thursday March 12, 2020 · 5:00 PM PDT 2020/03/12 · 17:00 Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, and Roy Blunt yuck it up during Trump’s visit to the Capitol this week. 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. Wh...