McConnell’s Stimulus Waiting Game Turns Into Race Against Clock
- Republican squabbles delay release of $1 trillion rescue plan
- Unemployment benefits set to lapse amid GOP internal divisions
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell waited until a key component of U.S. coronavirus aid was about to expire before drafting the Republican version of the next major relief bill, a decision that is increasingly looking like a significant miscalculation.
Soaring numbers of virus cases, rising jobless claims and President Donald Trump’s slumping poll numbers have left McConnell in the rare position of struggling to unite Republicans behind a $1 trillion plan as the $600-a-week federal boost to unemployment insurance expires.