Congress may return this week to vote on $400B small business rescue package

Published April 19, 2020 11:26pm ET



Lawmakers may return to Washington, D.C., this week to consider a massive spending measure that would replenish a small business aid program helping to prop up the economy during the coronavirus crisis.

Majority Leader Steny Hoyer informed House lawmakers they might be summoned back to Congress as early as April 22 to consider the measure, which is not finalized but is nearing completion, according to administration officials and congressional leaders in both parties. Hoyer told lawmakers “a recorded vote is likely,” which means a quorum of members must be in the House to vote on the bill.

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