McConnell: Next COVID-19 Relief Bill ‘Won’t Pass the Senate’ Without Liability Protection

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell holds a press conference after a session where the Senate passed a nearly $500 billion package to further aid small businesses due to the CCP virus pandemic, in Washington on April 21, 2020. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday that the next COVID-19 relief bill must include liability protections for businesses that are reopening or it will not pass the Senate.

McConnell said that although he was open to providing further aid to states and cities as demanded by Democrats in another relief bill, providing liability protections for employers would be a “condition” for the bill.