Coronavirus Special Report: Exclusive with James Clyburn

By Jason Dick and Evan Campbell

Posted April 3, 2020 at 12:18pm

We talk to House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., about why there is a need for an oversight panel for the COVID-19 stimulus package and what comes next for the country.

Show Notes:

Schumer, Wyden push for faster unemployment checks, new Obamacare enrollment window
CBO: Second coronavirus aid package will cost $192 billion
State requests for more assistance ‘probably the biggest leverage’ for a phase four stimulus, Pelosi says
New election security funds won’t come easy for hard-hit states
FDA loosens blood donation restrictions in wake of COVID-19

In a surprise, GOP panel recommends Mast to lead Foreign Affairs

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and ranking member Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., are sparring over a bill that would expand the federal judiciary. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House sets up vote on bill to add dozens of new federal judgeships

Senate Republicans under incoming leader John Thune, seen in the Capitol last month, are planning as much as $85 billion for border security as part of an initial bill for budget reconciliation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Republicans start making immigration plans for next year

Rioters are seen on a monitor during testimony to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol hearing in 2022.

Trump says he will look at pardons for Jan. 6 attackers on ‘first day’

Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be director of the FBI, leaves a meeting Monday with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the Hart building.

Trump’s pick to lead FBI identified ‘Government Gangsters’

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune, center, has scheduled 31 five-day work weeks in 2025, which was music to the ears of Rep. William R. Timmons IV.

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