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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., will have to work at ensuring Democrats have enough votes to pass COVID-19 relief through budget reconciliation if Congress can't agree on a bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill by March.

Can the $618 billion GOP relief plan push the needle on bipartisanship?

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted February 2, 2021 at 12:02pm
Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Biden weighs strategy for COVID-19 relief

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted January 26, 2021 at 12:38pm
The Biden administration released their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal last week, but Republicans are already pushing back against it.

The Biden administration goes big on COVID-19 relief

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted January 19, 2021 at 11:45am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., talks with reporters in the Capitol.

How does budget reconciliation work?

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted January 12, 2021 at 1:02pm
How House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., interprets the new rules could have big implications for getting President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda through the chamber.

New House rules loosen fiscal restraints

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted January 5, 2021 at 11:28am
Rep. Nita M. Lowey, D-N.Y., who oversaw the spending bill's passage on the House floor, is retiring at the end of this session.

Congress clears omnibus spending package with coronavirus relief

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted December 22, 2020 at 12:36pm
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., talks with reporters as he departs from the Senate floor after a vote in Washington.

Will COVID-19 aid be included in the government spending package?

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted December 15, 2020 at 12:05pm
Despite optimism around a bipartisan COVID-19 aid deal last week, familiar snags have cropped up around liability protections and state and local aid.

Bumps in the road for $908 billion bipartisan COVID-19 aid deal

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted December 8, 2020 at 12:49pm
Neera Tanden, Joe Biden's pick for White House budget director and CEO of the Center for American Progress, has come under fire from Senate Republicans for her rhetoric towards the Republican party in recent years.

Nominee for White House OMB, Neera Tanden, comes under fire by GOP

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted December 1, 2020 at 10:40am
Reps. Rosa DeLauro, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Marcy Kaptur are all running for chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee.

Democrats eager to revive earmarks

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted November 24, 2020 at 11:49am