Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he hopes to send the coronavirus relief bill to the House in the next two to three weeks.
“Hopefully in the next two to three weeks we can get together and come up with something we can send to the House and send it to the President for signature,” McConnell told CNN affiliate WKTY in an interview.
McConnell said he will start talking to Democrats next week about the bill.
When asked about excluding a payroll tax cut from the law, McConnell explained that there was bipartisan opposition to the idea.
“I think we are much better off if we just send another direct cash payment to those who have been left out of all this,” he said.
McConnell reiterated that he does not support an extension of the federal unemployment benefits of $ 600, but he does support continuing with the traditional state-run unemployment program.
“We are going to send $ 100 million to Kentucky for testing, I don’t think we still have enough tests across the country, and we are more than willing to spend extra money on testing and treatment and vaccines on the next coronavirus relief bill, if in fact we believe that more funds would be useful, “McConnell said.
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