Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not return to the Capitol this week when lawmakers reconvene following a two-week recess.
The New York Democrat is experiencing “very mild symptoms,” according to spokesman Justin Goodman, and plans to work remotely this week.
Mr. Schumer, 71, was set to resume negotiations this week with fellow Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia on a broad spending-and-tax package the party hoped to pass unilaterally.
The proposal would pump money into Medicare, lower prescription drug costs and implement green energy tax credits.