The United State House of Representatives and Senate have many members who are vulnerable to coronavirus and both have both houses have previously pushed back reconvening due to the pandemic.

The Senate will be back in session on Monday. The House was set to return as well, but those plans have been canceled. The House Committee On Rules me at the end of April. Representative Jim McGovern from Worcester, who chairs the Rules Committee, says meeting in person was still challenging. Members wore masks and practiced social distancing.

Congressman McGovern, "We're maybe twelve people and we couldn't meet in our normal hearing room. We had to move to the Ways And Means Committee Hearing Room which is the biggest hearing room and we took up most of that room with our distancing. But nonetheless we cam back to do some important work and that was to provide additional funding to help our small businesses, to help support our hospitals, to provide more money for testing."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell offered a joint statement declining the Trump Administration's offer for more COVID-19 testing for lawmakers, saying they would rather see the tests go to front line workers.