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Coronavirus Special Report: What’s on the agenda when the Senate reconvenes?

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell holds a socially distanced news conference in the Capitol on April 21 after the Senate passed a coronavirus relief measure. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell holds a socially distanced news conference in the Capitol on April 21 after the Senate passed a coronavirus relief measure. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Jason Dick and Evan Campbell

Posted April 30, 2020 at 6:08pm

Tonight, we preview the Senate’s agenda when it reconvenes next week. Then, a look at how one Amazon.com plant — a hot spot for the coronavirus — is having profound implications for workers and the supply chain; plus, a roundup of the latest health policy news around COVID-19.

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