Three Republican members of the United States Senate issued a statement on Wednesday saying a “massive drafting error” in the current version of the $2 trillion COVID-19 emergency relief bill needs to be fixed before adoption to save jobs.
South Carolina senators, Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham and Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse wrote: “Unless the bill is fixed, there is a strong incentive for employees to be laid off instead of going to work.” They added they will oppose fast-tracking the bill until changes are made to the text or “until the Department of Labor issues regulatory guidance that no American would earn more by not working than by working.”
Earlier, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stated that the bill would pass the Senate later in the day.