Democrats have largely been the members of Congress who have publicly revealed coronavirus illnesses in recent months, including the two top leaders of the party on Capitol Hill. This presents a significant and ironic challenge for the ruling party.
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Democrats are facing the potential that their tight adherence to public health regulations might backfire as they pursue the passage of significant domestic policy legislation via the 50-50 Senate in the upcoming weeks by testing more frequently than their Republican counterparts.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York both announced positive test results, preventing them from voting this week, which brought the stakes into glaring focus. Even though both senators continued to work while separated and their absence had no impact on this week’s Senate agenda, future Democratic absences could jeopardize efforts to pass the party-line economic package that Schumer, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and other Democrats are currently negotiating.
Democrats appear to be the victims of their own thoroughness, say lawmakers from both parties, who test more regularly than Republicans and release their findings more frequently.
“We need every Democrat,” said Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who added that he was doubtful of an actual partisan disparity in viral incidence: “I would venture to suggest that the rates of infection are precisely identical between Democrats and Republicans. One group is publicly disclosing, and one group is not – that is my intuition.”
“Either they’re not telling us or they’re simply not getting tested,” said Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii.
Only five of those 66 lawmakers – about 8% – are Republicans.
This is an overview from Yahoo and The Washington Post
