Coronavirus Special Report: Sen. Marsha Blackburn on China

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell

Posted May 29, 2020 at 12:28pm

Already-strained relations between China and the U.S. have become even tenser during the coronavirus pandemic. CQ Roll Call’s Niels Lesniewski sits down with Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee to discuss what is at stake.

Show Notes:

Trump’s order on social media meets swift resistance
Democrats press OSHA head over COVID-19 enforcement
VA secretary grilled on Nazi grave markers
House passes bill giving small businesses leeway on COVID-19 loans
House scraps votes on FISA bill

Budget resolution to unlock immigration funds adopted in Senate

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., seen here in March, threatened to block the “vote-a-rama” from starting to call attention to amendments he was seeking to expand the reconciliation package. He relented after giving a floor speech outlining his concerns.

Budget ‘vote-a-rama’ for immigration funds kicks off in Senate

The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse.

Judge warns attorney for Jan. 6 pipe bomber suspect

A Senate staffer delivers pizzas and drinks to the Capitol as the Senate braced for a previous vote-a-rama in April 2025.

Senate ‘slipping further down the slope’

A sign directs early voters on the Virginia redistricting referendum to the Ellen M. Bozman Government Center in Arlington, Va., last month.

Virginia judge blocks certification of redistricting referendum

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries attends a news conference Wednesday at the Democratic National Committee in Washington after Virginia voters approved a new congressional map. President Donald Trump and James Blair, who will run Republican midterm operations, appear on the poster.

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