U.S. Senator Toomey says Senate vote on aid package likely early next week: CNBC

FILE PHOTO: Pat Toomey (R-PA) questions David Marcus, head of Facebook’s Calibra (digital wallet service), during testimony before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on “Examining Facebook’s Proposed Digital Currency and Data Privacy Considerations” on Capitol hill in Washington, U.S., July 16, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott

(Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey told CNBC on Friday that a vote in the Senate on a coronavirus economic aid package is likely to take place early next week.

“It’s likely there will be a vote early next week”, Toomey said in an interview. “A vote on Monday, that’s the goal.”

Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese

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