Policy · 116th Congress
Senators eye FEMA as alternative for speeding aid to food banks
Two Senate Democatic appropriators say FEMA can turn to its disaster relief fund to provide food to food banks and other nonprofit groups
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Policy · 116th Congress
White House pledges to help states fulfill coronavirus testing needs
The White House unveiled details Monday on the allocation of $11 billion in testing funds for state governments.
Policy · 116th Congress
USDA moves forward with food buys to aid farmers, food banks
Agriculture Department awards less than half of $3 billion food purchase to move surplus out of the market and to food banks and other groups.
Policy · 116th Congress
As fishermen stay in port, Trump pushes fish farming
Pandemic and isolation have decimated markets for commercial fishing fleets. Trump sees an opportunity to boost farmed fish.
Policy · 116th Congress
Senate Democrats want $9 billion to fight COVID-19 overseas
Lawmakers want new money and shifts of existing funds to help multinational efforts to develop and distribute a vaccine equitably around the globe
Policy · 116th Congress
Financial groups urge next relief bill to tweak past measures
Financial groups ask Congress to provide funds for smallest businesses, fewer loan restrictions and less paperwork in final forgiveness.
Policy · 116th Congress
States weigh what to do with millions of malaria pills
The Strategic National Stockpile shipped 28 million tablets of a malaria drug that Trump touted as a potential treatment for COVID-19 to states.
Policy · 116th Congress
Uranium firm takes virus aid, says crisis hasn’t affected business
Ur-Energy Inc. received $893,300 through two of its subsidiaries during the first round of Paycheck Protection Program loans.
Policy · 116th Congress
Dear FCC, please don’t mess with our GPS, military tells senators
Fears over harm to the military's use of the Global Positioning System caused Pentagon officials and senators to protest a recent FCC decision
Policy · 116th Congress
Trump holds firm on bid to ask Supreme Court to end 2010 health care law
Some Democrats are taking a different tack by seeking to expand government-funded insurance coverage and defending the health care law in court.
Policy · 116th Congress
Supreme Court treads back into birth control coverage debate
The Supreme Court appeared split over the future of two Trump administration rules that advocates worry could limit access to contraception.
Policy · 116th Congress
Exemption sought for foreign physicians in next immigration ban
The American Medical Association asked the Trump administration to exclude foreign medical workers so they could help U.S. doctors fight the coronavirus.
Policy · 116th Congress
Supreme Court to hear significant birth control coverage case
The high court, which is more conservative than in the past, will decide whether employers can stop covering birth control.
Policy · 116th Congress
From robo-advisers to cashless society, fintech vexes Congress
The Congressional Research Service issued a report cataloging the effects of financial technology in the securities and banking industries.
Policy · 116th Congress
Democrats doubt Trump attorney can give independent oversight
Brian Miller, a Trump attorney, met skepticism from Senate Democrats about his ability to independently oversee pandemic spending
Policy · 116th Congress
Antitrust hawks take on Big Tech as pandemic persists
Lawmakers from left and right are aiming their anti-trust guns at Silicon Valley as tech companies do well in the coronavirus economy while others do not
Policy · 116th Congress
Once locked out of some SBA loans, agriculture now has edge
The SBA is putting agriculture at the front of the line for Economic Injury Disaster Loans, raising objections from the travel industry.
Policy · 116th Congress
White House weighs ending its coronavirus task force
Discussions have begun on how to wind down the coronovirus task force that coordinates the Trump administration's response to the global pandemic.
Policy · 116th Congress
Trump health official files whistleblower complaint, citing cronyism in COVID-19 response
HHS official alleges that his supervisors downplayed COVID-19 warnings and touted treatments that weren't scientifically proved.
Policy · 116th Congress
Census Bureau to restart operations in rural areas of country
Field operations for the 2020 count were suspended in March - and had been suspended through early June - amid the coronavirus pandemic.