John Thune

If it had been enacted, the proposed change would have negatively affected several cities in Alabama.

Alabama cities would be directly impacted if they were to lose MSA designation.

The motion to override was successful 81 to 13. Forty Republicans, 40 Democrats and one independent voted to override.

Hawley is the first senator to announce that he also would object.

To this point, GOP senators have been dismissive of Brooks’s plan.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby of Alabama, Senate Majority Whip John Thune and Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, all Republicans, released “The Coronavirus Economic Stabilization Act of 2020” as part of the broader Senate economic response package. Sponsors say that the legislation would allow the Treasury Secretary to provide up to $208 billion … Continued