Source: ROLL CALL, 5/12/20


The mammoth COVID-19 relief package House Democrats unveiled Tuesday is expected to come up for a vote Friday after all, according to a letter distributed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. “The staggering scale of this crisis demands extraordinary urgency, and therefore, the House will be proceeding with our vote on the [relief bill] on Friday,” several House committee leaders wrote in the letter, sent to Democratic lawmakers late Tuesday. The $3 trillion-plus measure had been running into some turbulence with the party’s left flank, casting doubt on party leadership’s plans for a Friday vote.

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