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

Rule for Legislative Branch bill would reinstate member COLA ban

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, seen here in July, set off another controversy on Monday over the use of the word “Nazi.”

Fire alarm fracas gets noisier around Rep. Jamaal Bowman

Congressional conjunction turns Supreme Court argument into grammar class

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is seen on a monitor in the Capitol while criticizing Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Sept. 12 for allegedly breaking promises he made to get votes to become speaker in January.

What to watch in Gaetz vs. McCarthy speaker fight

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, seen here in May, will be mourned this week in California, as Senate colleagues plan to make the trip.

Senators will cut the week short to travel to Dianne Feinstein’s funeral

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, seen here with Sen. Lindsey Graham in July, hopes there will be continued Republican cooperation on judicial nominations. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)