McConnell: Senate to vote on ‘targeted’ virus aid

Andrew Taylor

09/08/2020

THE U.S. SENATE is poised to vote on a trimmed-down Republican coronavirus relief package, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. / AP FILE PHOTO/J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE

WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, under pressure from GOP senators in tough reelection races, said Tuesday the Senate would vote on a trimmed-down Republican coronavirus relief package, though it has a slim chance of passage in the face of Democrats' insistence for more sweeping aid. “The Senate Republican majority is introducing a…

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