‘Tangential, left-wing daydreams’: McConnell rejects Democratic 'wish lists' for next coronavirus aid package

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the next coronavirus aid package should focus on “concrete steps to strengthen our response to this complex crisis” in an apparent rejection of plans by Democrats to bail out states with hundreds of billions of dollars that could be used to replenish long-underfunded pension plans.

“We cannot get distracted by preexisting partisan wish lists or calls to paper over decades of reckless decisions that had nothing to do with COVID-19,” the Kentucky Republican said in a statement Monday.