McConnell’s Fight for Liability Protections Is a Key Obstacle in Stimulus Talks
- Bid for legal protections for employers put in limbo
- Democrats say that they won’t accept the GOP plan as it stands
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s insistence that legal liability protections for businesses, schools and colleges be included in any new coronavirus relief bill is approaching a moment of reckoning.
Warning that an avalanche of litigation would undercut any rebound from the pandemic’s economic damage, McConnell has repeatedly said he won’t let a bill to pass the Senate without a temporary shield from most coronavirus-related lawsuits for businesses that follow public health guidelines.