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House leadership has reversed course and will not bring the chamber back into session next week.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) made the announcement Tuesday morning, citing advice from the Capitol physician and a continuing increase in coronavirus cases in the Washington, D.C. Area.
“We made a judgment that we will not come back next week but that we hope to come back very soon,” Hoyer said.
Rank-and-file Democrats on Monday railed against returning to Washington on May 4, saying it could be dangerous to come back to the Capitol so soon. Other members asked how they could return for an extended stay while also juggling childcare and family issues back home.
