Coronavirus Special Report: What happens if DC becomes the next hot spot?

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell

Posted May 11, 2020 at 5:32pm

Tonight, health policy is in sharp focus. The West Wing has recently had two confirmed cases of COVID-19, raising questions about whether it is too soon to reopen the nation’s capital as the administration has been suggesting.

Show Notes:

Road ahead: Coronavirus causing scheduling havoc, but Senate presses ahead with other business
Will 2020 be the year the RNC’s ‘autopsy’ was right?
The Senate and partisanship return to the Capitol
Pandemic-related changes to military bases require scrutiny, experts say
Supreme Court could reshape congressional subpoena power in Trump case

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy draws primary challenge from former Hill colleague

Kelly Loeffler, a former Republican senator from Georgia, is President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Small Business Administration.

Trump chooses former Sen. Kelly Loeffler for SBA

Former Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., shows off his $45 Trump bills outside the Capitol on May 9, 2019.

Ex-Missouri lawmaker Billy Long is Trump’s pick for IRS commissioner

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Defense Department, heads for a meeting with Sen. John Thune on Wednesday.

Hegseth tries to rally support as allegations swirl

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., right, is shown with House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, at a committee hearing in March. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Nadler steps aside as top Democrat on Judiciary Committee

Paul Atkins, left, a Securities and Exchange Commission member from 2002 to 2008, was chosen to lead the agency by President-elect Donald Trump.