Partisanship Explodes as Senate Stumbles Toward $2 Trillion CCP Virus Economic Relief Deal

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 20, 2019. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Senate Republican and Democratic leaders ripped each other on the Senate floor March 23 as a $2 trillion economic stimulus package stumbled amid intense partisan bickering.

“Are you kidding me?” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) demanded, during an impassioned floor speech. “This is the moment to debate new regulations that have nothing to do whatsoever with this crisis?”