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McConnell: Senate to vote on 'targeted' virus aid

by Associated Press
| September 8, 2020 8:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, under pressure from GOP senators in tough reelection races, said Tuesday the Senate would vote on a trimmed-down Republican coronavirus relief package, though it has a slim chance of passage in the face of Democrats' insistence for more sweeping aid.

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