Hopes fading for coronavirus deal as Congress returns
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September 8, 2020
Susan Walsh – AP
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks back to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020.
WASHINGTON - At least there won't be a government shutdown.
But as lawmakers straggle back to Washington for an abbreviated preelection session, hopes are dimming for another coronavirus relief bill - or much else.
Talks between top Democrats and the Trump administration broke off last month and remain off track, with the bipartisan unity that drove almost $3 trillion in COVID-19 rescue legislation into law this spring replaced by toxic partisanship and a return to Washington dysfunction.
https://www.startribune.com/hopes-fading-for-coronavirus-deal-as-congress-returns/572340112/
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