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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell details next phase of coronavirus relief onGet all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told "Bill Hemmer Reports" Wednesday that he has no plans to pass legislation to provide additional federal funding to state and local governments who he said are…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.With the coronavirus crisis hitting state budgets hard, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Wednesday that he is open to allowing states to declare bankruptcy -- rather than sending governors more federal money to deal with their own ballooning…

April 21, 2020 | 7:46pm | Updated April 21, 2020 | 8:35pm WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says it’s “an interesting debate” whether large firms should get small-business coronavirus relief loans. “The main purpose obviously of this small business program was small businesses,” McConnell said Tuesday. “On the other hand, you could make…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is drawing a line: There will be no more attempts at long-distance legislating on the coronavirus. In a telephone interview Tuesday after passage of a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill, the Senate majority leader made clear that the full Senate must…