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Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to decide by Tuesday evening whether a bipartisan deal on COVID-19 relief can pass before the Nov. 3 elections, her spokesman said Monday.

Pre-election deadline looms for coronavirus aid deal

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 20, 2020 at 11:27am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the chamber will vote next week on a “skinny” coronavirus relief package, even as President Donald Trump pushes negotiators to “go big.”

Republicans and Trump at odds over coronavirus relief

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 13, 2020 at 2:13pm
Could Congress see the return of earmarks soon?

Could we see the return of earmarks?

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 6, 2020 at 11:55am
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks on the phone before doing a television interview in the Russell Senate Office Building.

Democrats release new COVID-19 relief bill

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted September 29, 2020 at 12:09pm
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during her weekly news conference in the Capitol on Friday.

House Democrats draft stopgap funding bill without Republican support

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted September 22, 2020 at 11:00am
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said the House could vote on a stopgap spending bill next week to give the Senate plenty of time to approve the measure before the fiscal year ends Sept. 30.

Lawmakers navigate politics in tackling a stopgap funding measure

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted September 15, 2020 at 12:19pm
Passengers wearing face masks wait for their bus in front of a national debt display on Pennsylvania Ave. NW in Washington.

Debt levels set to break records

By David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak and Evan Campbell
Posted September 8, 2020 at 8:00am
US President Donald Trump signs executive orders extending coronavirus economic relief during a news conference in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Trump forced through some COVID-19 relief. Now what?

By Jennifer Shutt, Peter Cohn and Evan Campbell
Posted August 11, 2020 at 12:57pm
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters after meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in the Capitol on coronavirus aid.

COVID-19 relief talks progress slowly

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted August 4, 2020 at 11:58am
Senate Republicans released text of their latest COVID-19 relief bill yesterday, but there may be a long road ahead before a bill is signed in Congress.

Senate Republicans release their COVID-19 relief bill. Is it enough?

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted July 28, 2020 at 11:33am