Friday, March 27, 2020

Pelosi warns against ‘selfish’ lawmakers disrupting coronavirus vote

Pelosi warns against ‘selfish’ lawmakers disrupting coronavirus vote-politico: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team are determined to clear a $2 trillion coronavirus relief package on Friday, making contingency plans in case a lawmaker on either side tries to delay the vote. But the move has infuriated many rank-and-file lawmakers, who spent Thursday afternoon and evening scrambling to try to find flights to Washington so they could be present for a potential roll call vote. Lawmakers were previously told they would have at least 24 hours’ notice if they needed to return, but that turned out not to be the case.