Rep. Louie Gohmert is single-handedly holding up House coronavirus bill before it can be sent to Senate

Rep. Louie Gohmert is single-handedly holding up House coronavirus bill before it can be sent to Senate
House Full Judiciary Hearing with FBI Director Mueller regarding Oversight of FBI (4/24/2008) Rep. Louie Gohmert asks Director Mueller questions about FBI personnel policy. Image via Office of Congressman Louie Gohmert /
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March 16, 2020

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Monday reportedly blocked “technical corrections” to a House coronavirus relief bill that was scheduled to be sent to the Senate.

Gohmert told Bloomberg’s Laura Litvan that he didn’t know if his concerns could be resolved in time to vote on the technical corrections on Monday.

Read some of the tweets from congressional reporters below.

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