McConnell: Next coronavirus aid bill ‘will be written in the Senate’

Published May 29, 2020 6:53pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the next coronavirus aid package will be written in the Senate and negotiated with the White House, ignoring a $3 trillion measure House Democrats passed this month. 

The Kentucky Republican told reporters at a press conference in Edgewood, Kentucky, that he won’t consider the House-passed measure, which provides $1 trillion to state and local governments, “hazard pay” for some workers, as well as a pension and Postal Service bailout, among many other spending items. 

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