McConnell appoints task forces to negotiate ‘at warp speed’ on massive stimulus bill

Published March 17, 2020 7:35pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he is appointing three GOP Senate groups to write a major coronavirus stimulus bill with the White House.

“We are not leaving town until we have constructed and passed another bill,” McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said. “We will stay here until we reach a bipartisan agreement and at least 60 votes to pass it,” McConnell said.

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