McConnell: ‘We’re going to push the pause button’ on state bailouts

Published April 22, 2020 5:27pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that Republicans won’t support legislation that would provide billions in economic aid to help states replenish underfunded pension funds.

McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, told the Hugh Hewitt radio show he will not rush to pass a new and massive economic aid package Democrats are now crafting that would provide billions more to state and local governments coping with economic losses caused by the coronavirus and to support troubled pension programs.

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