Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday that he expects talks on a fifth COVID-19 relief bill to resume “in the next month or so.”

Speaking at an event in Louisville, Kentucky, the GOP lawmaker made the comment amid questions about the future of the governments response to the economic catastrophe caused by the outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus.

“Many of you are asking, what next? I think theres likely to be another bill. It will not be the $3 trillion bill the House passed the other day. But theres still a likelihood that more will be needed,” McConnell said at Tuesdays event, The Hill reported.

“In the next month or so well be talking about possibly another bill,” he said, adding that the fifth bill would be more finely tuned to address specific funding shortfalls rather than a sweeping package.

“We may need, as I said, one more plug here at the federal level to help us get through this period, but it will be very carefully crafted. It wont be [a] $3 trillion left-wing wish list,” McConnell said.

McConnells comments broadly echo remarks he made last week, when he told Fox News that he saw a “high likelihood” of a fifth relief package, but qualified his statement by saying, “We need to work smart here.”

The GOP senators remarks come as Congress is at a crossroads in the virus crisis, wrestling over whether to “go big,” as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali.) wants for the next relief bill, or adopt McConnells pinpoint approach.

Pelosi and House Democrats passed a massive $3 trillion bill last Friday, worth more than all previous relief packages combined. It would deliver almost $1 trillion for state and local governments, another round of $1,200 direct payments to individuals and help for the unemployed, renters and homeowners, college debt holders, and the strugglinRead More – Source