“As of right now, I think that comeback day was going to be that April 20 time frame. But that’s all up to the leader and whether or not by then, hopefully, at least, this thing is stabilized,” Thune said. “A lot of it will depend on what’s needed. We’re prepared to do whatever it takes. If the country needs us to respond in some way, we will.”
Privately, several aides have fretted about the logistics. Flights are being cut and it could take a day or more for lawmakers in far-flung states to get back to Washington.
And some lawmakers, Durbin said, have “decided they’re not going to get back on an airplane.”
“Think about all of the things you have to put into that calculation [of returning]. No. 1, what is the status of where you are sheltering? I don’t know if that’s going to be the peak infection period for my state of Illinois, or will it have turned a corner? Secondly, what are the logistics of returning to Washington?” he said. “Will there be airplanes if you want to get back?”
Durbin supports remote voting but said he’s enough of a politician to know it won’t be approved anytime soon.
Source: politico.com
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