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Schumer urges Democrats to unify against GOP coronavirus bill
The Hill
July 20, 2020 - 09:21 AM EDT
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) is urging his colleagues to unify against a coronavirus relief proposal that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is drafting with the Trump administration.
"This one-party approach to this legislation is the same approach that delayed the passage of the CARES Act and the subsequent interim emergency relief legislation, failed on policing reform, and it won't work this time around either," Schumer wrote, referencing the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package Congress passed in March after an initial partisan standoff.
Schumer is balking at a five-year proposed litigation shield that McConnell wants to include in the next relief package that would limit the liability of businesses, schools and churches related to coronavirus infections.
"From what we understand from press reports, Leader McConnell's bill will prioritize corporate special interests over workers and main street businesses, and will fail to adequately address the worsening spread of the Coronavirus," Schumer wrote to colleagues.
He warned the liability provision would "preempt the laws of all 50 states and grant legal immunity to negligent corporations, nursing homes and others that fail to take reasonable steps to avoid spreading the virus."
"This one-party approach to this legislation is the same approach that delayed the passage of the CARES Act and the subsequent interim emergency relief legislation, failed on policing reform, and it won't work this time around either," Schumer wrote, referencing the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package Congress passed in March after an initial partisan standoff.
Schumer is balking at a five-year proposed litigation shield that McConnell wants to include in the next relief package that would limit the liability of businesses, schools and churches related to coronavirus infections.
"From what we understand from press reports, Leader McConnell's bill will prioritize corporate special interests over workers and main street businesses, and will fail to adequately address the worsening spread of the Coronavirus," Schumer wrote to colleagues.
He warned the liability provision would "preempt the laws of all 50 states and grant legal immunity to negligent corporations, nursing homes and others that fail to take reasonable steps to avoid spreading the virus."
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/508071-schumer-urges-democrats-to-unify-against-gop-coronavirus-bill?amp
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