Congress · 116th Congress
Fine print issues snag tentative pact on coronavirus relief bill
[jwp-video n=”1″] Throughout the day negotiators struck an optimistic tone while acknowledging the clock was working against them.
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Policy · 116th Congress
Top House tax writers unveil retirement savings proposal
The highest-cost measure, at $8.9 billion over 10 years, was increasing the age for required minimum distributions from 401(k)-type plans from 70 1/2 to 72 years of age.
Congress · 116th Congress
Uncertainty hangs over coronavirus relief package as clock ticks
One day after Senate leaders unveiled a roughly $1 trillion plan for pandemic relief, Republicans struggled to offer a united front on a measure that some consider too costly. Sen.
Policy · 116th Congress
Senate agrees to extend PPP loan program to early August
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Congress · 116th Congress
Policing bill authors to get action they’ve long sought
[jwp-video n=”1″] And the House bill, which will be named after Floyd but reflects responses to several police killings in recent years, will serve as the beginning of negotiations on the issue
Policy · 116th Congress
White House ‘definitely’ wants more COVID-19 aid, Mnuchin says
Beyond the rocky rollout, over $1 billion went to publicly traded companies that still fell under the 500 employee cap.
Policy · 116th Congress
Senate clears PPP bill in second try Wednesday
Schumer, D-N.Y., had asked for unanimous consent to pass the bill that advanced out of the House 417-1 last week.
Congress · 116th Congress
Road ahead: Proxy voting begins as House takes up FISA, PPP bills
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Congress · 116th Congress
Senate deal on small-business loan fixes on hold, for now
McConnell said the Senate won’t be in regular session until June 1. Bipartisan talks on a broader relief package have yet to begin.
Policy · 116th Congress
Rubio raises profile in pandemic, challenges GOP economics
[jwp-video n=”1″] Picking winners and losers The GOP operative also said Rubio could face a backlash for getting the government so directly intertwined with the private sector.
Policy · 116th Congress
New aid bill would open SBA economic injury funds to farmers
More than 30 organizations joined in an April 1 letter to the SBA saying that the previous economic rescue package did not explicitly exclude farms and that the agency should follow congressional
Congress · 116th Congress
Small-business funds dwindle as virus aid package sputters
The disaster loan program got $1 billion in an earlier aid package to support some $7 billion in loans, but the program has over $370 billion worth of demand, according to Sen. Benjamin L.
Congress · 116th Congress
Schumer sees quick coronavirus aid deal
[jwp-video n=”1″] Part of the $2.3 trillion financial rescue package enacted last month included $349 billion in loans for a new “Paycheck Protection Program” to encourage small businesses to
Policy · 116th Congress
Army lab fights coronavirus and its own demons
“It will take some time to come back to full operations, but we are working toward that goal, with safety as the No. 1 priority,” Sammons Jackson said in a statement.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate GOP preps stimulus text; Democrats say no deal yet
Speaking on CNN, Schumer said the figure “may not get that high, but it’s going to be certainly amply more than $1 trillion, $1.4 trillion.”
Congress · 116th Congress
Coronavirus aid talks progress as GOP pitches unemployment plan
[jwp-video n=”1″] It wasn’t clear if the GOP was willing to go that far.
Congress · 116th Congress
Coronavirus stimulus plan could deliver $3K to family of four
The emerging $1 trillion aid package intended to help weather the COVID-19 economic storm appears likely to deliver $1,000 to every U.S. adult, plus $500 per child, according to Treasury Secretary Steven
Congress · 116th Congress
Lack of federal telework transparency concerns DC-area lawmakers
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Congress · 116th Congress
Congress boos plan to cut Minor League Baseball teams
We must protect these teams from corporate greed. https://t.co/g8BZi6HGeH — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 19, 2019var rcrdTwitter = 1; Sanders is not alone in expressing concern about