Even though unemployment claims rose sharply nationwide last week; the US Senate has not yet approved another pandemic relief package including additional unemployment benefits.

WAKR Morning Show Host, Ray Horner, talked to US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) about what's going on with the proposed pandemic relief bill, whether the federal government could really cut funding for schools if they don't fully reopen with in-class instruction, and what he thinks about Governor DeWine's statewide mask mandate.