After a week of tense negotiations with the White House and one false start, Senate Republicans on Monday released their plan for the next coronavirus relief package: the Heath, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act. But the legislation didn’t come all at once: instead, it trickled out from a handful of Senators and committees in different outlines and bills, including a few items that predate the Covid-19 crisis.
The splintered presentation was so unusual that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), used it as a point of attack on the Senate floor Monday after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) unveiled the conglomeration, describing the Republicans’ approach as “a metaphor for their first 100 days: lack of unity. They can’t even put one bill together—they are so divided.” Here’s what Senate Republicans are proposing and where to find all the details, which in some cases appear in multiple bills. We tracked them down so you don’t have to…