Republican Senators Say Democrats’ $3 Trillion Virus Package ‘Dead on Arrival’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 12, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Republican senators quickly rejected the $3 trillion package House Democrats unveiled on May 12.

“It’s got so much unrelated to the coronavirus, it’s dead on arrival here in terms of a viable idea,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told reporters on Capitol Hill.