WASHINGTON, D.C. —  As the coronavirus spreads across the country, legislative proposals to fight it are spreading across Capitol Hill.

• Ideas range from remote voting to canceling student loan debt
• Bipartisan agreement over not worrying about deficit right now
• Senate is in Washington working on “Phase 3” spending package

 “I think this is an example of where remote voting is necessary,” Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) told Fox Business on Thursday. 
 
Portman has proposed legislation that would allow the Senate to vote remotely during a national emergency, so senators wouldn’t have to travel to D.C. 
 
 His Democratic counterpart, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), has released a plan to immediately cancel monthly federal student loan payments during the national emergency and forgive at least $10,000 of student loans for all borrowers. 
 
Brown has also joined Representative Tim Ryan (D, 13th Congressional District), a fellow Ohio Democrat, in calling for payments of up to several thousand dollars to be made to every American making under a certain income level. 
 
 “I think this is about cash, to me. This is about cash to workers and this is about cash to small businesses to keep them afloat,” Ryan said during a Facebook Live press conference he held in Youngstown on Thursday. “This is a national emergency. This is not a time to necessarily worry about the bottom line.” 
 
 These are all proposals, so they are nowhere near becoming law yet. But Congress is moving faster than it usually does in an effort to respond to this pandemic. 
 
In the last two weeks, lawmakers have passed a “Phase 1” spending package worth $8 billion that focused on increasing coronavirus testing. 
 
Then, earlier this week, a “Phase 2” package worth $100+ billion was signed into law. It will provide paid sick leave and expand unemployment and nutrition assistance for many Americans. 
 
On Thursday evening, Senate Republicans released their proposal for “Phase 3” — the largest funding package yet. 
 
But some Ohio lawmakers want to pump the brakes a bit. 
 
“I want to vote for all of these things,” said Rep. Warren Davidson (R, 8th Congressional District). "I know that our economy needs them. But I also want to make sure that we do it in a way that actually solves the problem.” 
 
In a Skype interview from Troy on Thursday, Davidson explained why he voted for the “Phase 1” package, but voted against “Phase 2.” (He said the second package asked too much of businesses during this pandemic) 
 
On Thursday, he said he’s working on almost 10 of his own legislative proposals right now because the coronavirus requires a big response from the federal government, even from a fiscal conservative like him. 
 
“This is not the time to try to worry about balancing the budget or fiscal deficits, things like that,” Davidson said. "This is the time where you put the cash that our economy needs, put the cash that individuals need, and you do it from the government.” 
 
The U.S. House of Representatives is working from home right now, but the Senate remains in Washington. 
 
There’s no set timeline for when the “Phase 3” funding package will be passed and signed into law.

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