Ahead of the Senate's return Tuesday from its August recess, McConnell announced plans to unveil the new GOP bill and take the procedural steps needed to set up a vote "as soon as this week." Yet there are still several members threatening to vote against the emerging proposal as they push GOP leaders to include their ideas into the plan. "I will be moving immediately today to set up a floor vote as soon as this week," McConnell said in a Tuesday statement. The Senate is expected to hold the procedural vote on Thursday, according to a GOP leadership aide. The move amounts to a gamble for the Senate GOP leader, given that Republicans privately concede they are still short of the 51 votes they are seeking in order to bolster their election-year argument against the Democrats, who pushed a $3 trillion-plus plan through the House in May.

Source: CNN September 08, 2020 15:00 UTC