House members race back to Washington amid fears the $2 trillion coronavirus bill could be delayed

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10. Probably several reasons in addition to their schedule

The House schedule is here - https://www.house.gov/legislative-activity

There were originally no votes scheduled for today (Friday), although often they'll have hearings going on... but a regular session was to continue Monday (this is common). However the issue with the Senate bill negotiations/debate/vote being delayed meant this was handed off to the House late in the week and Pelosi gave a heads-up yesterday. Normally they could have gone on and passed with a voice vote of whoever was left in town today but assholes who decided to gum up the works appeared (similar to how someone can scuttle a "unanimous consent" vote in the Senate to force debate and a roll call vote), were threatening to require a recorded vote.

The other reasons for going home are -

-Social distancing within the chamber is becoming harder and harder
-Dealing directly with the constituents in their districts with respect to the responses to the various restriction orders

IMHO - both chambers need to work out "temporary" rules changes to allow votes and even hearings, to be done remotely. The more they interact with each other, the higher the chance they have to "self-quarantine" for 2 weeks, which precludes their ability to even participate anyway.