Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. The Senate hasn’t held a major hearing since early March since the upper chamber of Congress – like the rest of the country – was shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic, but that will change this week now that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has called lawmakers back to Washington. The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday is set to hold a confirmation hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, after President Trump nominated him in late February to serve as director of national intelligence, a post that’s been vacant since last summer when then-DNI Dan Coats resigned. In the interim, Ratcliffe went to bat for Trump this past fall during the House impeachment hearings, with the Texas lawmaker emerging as one of the president’s most ardent defenders. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP“The Republican leader has called the Senate back into session despite the District of Columbia appearing to be reaching a peak phase,” of the virus, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday.

Source: Fox News May 04, 2020 22:41 UTC