Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it his red line: liability protection for schools, businesses and other entities hat reopen amid the pandemic must be part of any new coronavirus relief package.
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The Senate GOP leader has, for months, said he wants to provide protections for schools, universities, churches, government agencies, and businesses, and some of the nation's most influential interest groups, particularly among Republicans, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, are already standing squarely behind the bill.
"Nobody should have to face an epidemic of lawsuits on the heels of the pandemic that we already have related to the coronavirus," McConnell said. Amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, Alma Odong wears a mask as she cleans a classroom at Wylie High School in Wylie, Texas, July 14, 2020. The cost of bringing students back to classrooms is proving a major stumbling block to safely reopening schools across the U.S.
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