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Source: NBC News
Democratic and Republican leaders were scrambling members of Congress back to Washington late Thursday because they suddenly believe the $2 trillion economic relief package might not pass by the voice vote planned for Friday and could be delayed if at least 216 members don't show up to vote on the floor.
Members are now racing to get back to Washington by Friday morning in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic because leaders fear that at least one member, likely to be Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., will demand a recorded vote.
The office of Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., wrote in an advisory to members Thursday night: "Members are advised that it is possible this measure will not pass by voice vote."
"You might have one grandstander," President Donald Trump said at his news briefing Thursday. "It will pass. It will just take a little longer." He has said he would sign the bill once it passes.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-members-race-back-washington-amid-fears-2-trillion-bill-n1170051
Douchebag Massie is needlessly causing taxpayers to incur thundreds of thousands of dollars in travel costs to get representatives back to the House on short notice for a vote.