Stimulus Vote Timing in Doubt Amid Dispute Over Unemployment Aid

A dispute in the Senate over expanded unemployment benefits for lower wage workers is threatening to delay passage of the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package as several Republicans demanded changes and independent Senator Bernie Sanders said he would hold up a vote if the legislation is altered.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin dismissed the four GOP senators’ objections and said he expects the Senate to quickly pass the legislation.

“Our expectation is this bill passes tonight and gets to the House tomorrow and they pass it,” Mnuchin told reporters at the White House on Wednesday evening.

Senator Lindsey Graham of South ...