Trapped By The Coronavirus Pandemic, Congress Tries New Ways Of Legislating From Home
Congress left for an extended recess as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and may not return for several weeks. Lawmakers say their days have turned into a blur of conference calls and video chats.
The children's voices on the phone line were hesitant, but they were looking for answers.
"Why did we switch to remote learning?"
"When are we going to go back to school?"
"They're opening up an emergency hospital here, will that bring more coronavirus cases to my area?"
Those were some of the questions heard during a different kind of constituent event: . Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon recently hosted the event in an effort to try something new.
