GOP Senator to Push for 10 Hour Reading of $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Bill

GOP Senator to Push for 10 Hour Reading of $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Bill
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) at a Senate hearing in Washington on Aug. 6, 2020. Toni Sandys-Pool/Getty Images
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he will push for Senate clerks to read out the entire 600-page $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on the Senate floor, a move that he expects would probably delay the vote on the bill by 10 hours.

“I’m going to make the Senate clerk read the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion bill. All several hundred pages of it,” Johnson announced on Twitter on Wednesday. “Then, I’m going to offer amendments. Many amendments. We need to highlight the abuse.”