PEORIA, Ill. — The Senate Wednesday night passed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion aid package to help American businesses, workers and health care systems reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. So what’s next?
Congressman Darin LaHood, representing Illinois’ 18th District, said the House, with all its members back home, has to figure out how to make a vote happen without requiring its members to return to Washington.
“How we get back today, tomorrow or Saturday, to vote on this bill, or are we going to vote remotely. We’re still working on that right now,” LaHood said.
LaHood told WMBD’s Greg and Dan, he is struggling with add-ons the Senate included in its version of the virus rescue package. He said their version has “too much pork”, adding language to assist the Kennedy Center, Public Broadcasting and NASA.
“It infuriates the public when they hear this. We ought to be focused on the coronavirus. Now, they did clean it up a bit, and got rid of some of it, But, there’s still some provisions in there that have nothing to do with the virus,” LaHood said.
LaHood said the House still has work to do on the bill before its members can vote on Friday.
