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“Says Democrats are on vacation until May 4 and “refuse to come back” to sign a bill to help small businesses.”
Social media posts Claim dated 16 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

Both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are in recess until May 4 to avoid transmitting the coronavirus. No political party has refused to come back.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 16 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 April 2020, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.

This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.