As the coronavirus pandemic increasingly upends daily life across the globe and exacerbates fears of an economic recession in the United States, a stimulus bill that would require some companies to provide their employees with paid sick leave has come to a grinding halt in the Senate.
Despite the bipartisan legislation passing overwhelmingly in the House early Saturday morning with the blessing of President Donald Trump, disagreements among Senate Republicans on Monday left the measure hanging in limbo.
“I don’t agree with everything 100 percent. But you know what, we need to do something right away,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of leadership, told Newsweek. “We know that we’re going to have people out of work, and we need to make sure that they’re getting relief.”
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