Next U.S. coronavirus rescue package not too far off, McConnell says

[May 22, 2020]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday another stimulus package to deal with the impact of the coronavirus was "not too far off."

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters following a closed Senate Republican policy lunch meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss the response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

"I think there is a high likelihood we will do another rescue package," McConnell told Fox News Channel in an interview.

"But we need to be able to measure the impact of what we've already done, what we did right, what we did wrong ... We're not quite ready to intelligently lay down the next step, but it's not too far off."

(Reporting by Mohammad Zargham and Makini Brice; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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