Republican senators still cool to more coronavirus relief spending, but willing to talk about PPP revamp

Senators expressed a willingness to tinker with programs they've already passed, while still maintaining that now is not the time to pass another massive relief-oriented spending bill.

Graham said that a bill his Judiciary Committee is writing to protect businesses from frivolous lawsuits related to the coronavirus would be a key component in any GOP legislation.

At her weekly news conference on Wednesday, Pelosi said she had not been approached by the administration or the Republican Senate leadership about negotiating a next bill."I think public opinion will be very much our friend in all of this," Pelosi told reporters. Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, signaled movement on future legislation in the Senate is far from imminent,

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