Sen. Mike Lee holds up extension of paycheck program for small businesses

Washington • Sen. Mike Lee of Utah is holding up quick passage of an extension to a program aimed at helping small businesses and nonprofits during the coronavirus outbreak, arguing the funding should be curtailed earlier.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had planned to take up the House-passed legislation this week that would give small businesses and nonprofits until the end of 2020 to spend money they got through the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, which was part of a package o