‘Massive Drafting Error’: Three GOP Senators Call For Stimulus Halt, Argue Text ‘Incentivizes Layoffs’

Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC), Tim Scott (R-SC) and Ben Sasse (R-NE) have called for a halt to the $2 trillion stimulus bill, which was reportedly approved in a deal between the White House and Senate leaders around 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, after the senators discovered a “massive drafting error” that could allegedly incentivize mass layoffs.

According to NBC News, the senators released a joint statement Wednesday after discovering the wording, which they say poses an “immediate, real world problem.”

“A massive drafting error in the current version of the...