Rep. Thomas Massie, the Kentucky Republican who attempted to force hundreds of House lawmakers to return to the Capitol during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure passage of an urgent economic relief package last month, is threatening to block a new urgent funding bill.

Lawmakers began negotiating a new coronavirus spending package worth hundreds of billions of dollars that they hope to quickly pass this week through unanimous consent, which does not require members to take a roll call vote. Congress will not be in session until April 20, at the earliest, because of the coronavirus and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, said she does not support using remote voting during the coronavirus crisis but has assigned a top lawmaker to study it.