Trump blames 'Crazy Nancy' for the House not returning to session like the Senate and claims all Congress members will get a coronavirus test that takes five minutes

• rump tweet bashed claims that Congress does not have testing capacity
• President said all members would get the '5 minute Abbott Test' for COVID-19
• Abbott Labs has a portable tests that delivers results in five to 13 minutes
• Senate returns to session on Monday, but House leaders will not return 

President Donald Trump has slammed reports that Senators and Congressmen cannot get testing for coronavirus, hampering legislation in the pandemic.

'There is tremendous CoronaVirus testing capacity in Washington for the Senators returning to Capital Hill on Monday. Likewise the House, which should return but isn’t because of Crazy Nancy P,' Trump tweeted on Saturday from Camp David.

'The 5 minute Abbott Test will be used. Please inform Dr. Brian P. Monahan,' he added. 

Monahan, the Capitol's attending physician, told top Republican officials in a conference call Thursday that there is not sufficient testing capacity for senators, two people familiar with the matter told Politico.

President Donald Trump has slammed reports that Senators and Congressmen cannot get testing for coronavirus, hampering legislation in the pandemic

Abbott Labs last month introduced a portable test kit that delivers positive results in as little as five minutes and negative results in 13 minutes.

Dr. Brian Monahan, the Capitol's attending physician, reportedly said there was not enough testing for Congress members

It was not immediately clear why Monahan would not be aware if the Abbott test was being used in Congress, as Trump insisted was the case. Earlier this week, House Democrats abandoned plans to return on May 4, citing Monahan's advice that it was too much of a health risk for members to return to Washington DC.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, 78, is calling the Senate back into session Monday May 4, even though Democrats claim he did not consult with the Capitol physician to make sure conditions were safe enough to reconvene. 

Sixty-seven of the 100 senators currently serving are 60 or older, and another large subset are approaching their 60s. California Democrat Dianne Feinstein and Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley are the oldest sitting senators at 86-years-old – and four other are in their 80s.

Some senators have suggested they might not return next week, especially if the upper chamber is not taking up any coronavirus relief legislation.

'I don't begrudge a senator expressing their personal concerns, but that shouldn't mean that the entire Senate ceases to function,' Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas said Thursday. 'We're going to try really very hard to make sure everybody is safe. And not exposed.'

The Politico article contrasted the Capitol's testing capabilities starkly with the White House, where anyone meeting with the president or Vice President Mike Pence are administered a rapid test, where results are available within minutes. 

Even members of the press have received testing before being allowed in the same room as Trump and Pence for briefings.

As the Senate prepares to reconvene, Republican chiefs of staff were briefed Thursday by Monahan, McConnell's Chief of Staff Sharon Soderstrom and Rules Committee Staff Director Fitzhugh Elder.

All senators and their staff are asked to wear masks at all times, unless senators are delivering speeches on – and officers were told to encourage aides to telework when possible and to screen staffers who do come to the Hill to work.

President Trump had a different take after the House cancellation was announced Tuesday, telling reporters that Democrats are 'enjoying their vacation.' 

'Yeah, I think they are, I think they are,' Trump said. 'Look at Nancy Pelosi eating ice cream on late night television, yeah I think they probably are having a good time.'  

In a subsequent tweet on Saturday, Trump touted his approval rating among Republicans.

'96% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. Thank you! Also, just out, highest ever Approval Rating overall in the new Gallup Poll, and shows “Trump beating Sleepy Joe Biden,"' the president tweeted. 

The latest Gallup poll showed Trump's overall job approval rating at 93 percent among Republicans. 

Gallup has not publicly released a poll in recent days showing Trump beating Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. 

The latest IBD/TIFF poll showed Biden and Trump in a dead heat for the election.