Congress · 116th Congress
Trump drops payroll tax cut, wants stimulus checks
[jwp-video n=”1″] It wasn’t immediately clear checks could be sent that quickly, however.
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Congress · 116th Congress
Opportunity knocks for Congress during crisis
Yields on 30-year Treasury bonds are below 2 percent; 10-year rates have dropped below 1 percent. Lenders are willing to lose money after inflation to lock their money away safely for decades.
Policy · 116th Congress
Foes of smoke-flavoring ban unmoved by high rate of lung-cancer deaths
[jwp-video n=”1″] The one with the most lung cancer deaths in his district to oppose the bill was Republican Harold Rogers, a longtime cigar smoker whose southeastern Kentucky district in Appalachia
Congress · 116th Congress
Courts ask Congress for coronavirus response funds
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Western District of Washington was the first to close the courthouse and suspend trials and hearings and others have done likewise, while federal courts in West Virginia
Policy · 116th Congress
Bracing for coronavirus, hospitals call for more funding
Groups representing hospitals, doctors, and nurses are seeking an extra $1 billion to help build up temporary hospital capacity, protect workers and deal with other problems tied to the coronavirus
Policy · 116th Congress
Wireless providers sign FCC pledge to keep customers connected
Meanwhile, two Democratic lawmakers want President Donald Trump to earmark $1 billion in emergency funds for students who lack home internet access and are not currently in school because of the
Policy · 116th Congress
ACLU asks for humanitarian release of vulnerable ICE detainees
[jwp-video n=”1″] Freedom for Immigrants, an advocacy group that oversees 4,500 volunteers who visit ICE detention centers to monitor detainee conditions, said that many visitors were denied
Policy · 116th Congress
Artificial intelligence recruited to find clues about COVID-19
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Allen Institute’s Semantics Scholar website will host the database of scientific articles and add to the collection over time, while Kaggle’s platform, which provides access
Policy · 116th Congress
White House: Limit gatherings to 10 people due to virus
No vaccine exists for COVID-19, but the National Institutes of Health announced Monday the beginning of a Phase 1 clinical trial for one.
Congress · 116th Congress
Immigrants tested for coronavirus won’t be penalized applying for naturalization, USCIS says
[jwp-video n=”1″] Immigration advocates and Democratic lawmakers had been pushing for the Trump administration to suspend the public charge rule altogether because of the coronavirus pandemic
Policy · 116th Congress
Airlines seek $58 billion in aid for business lost to pandemic
[jwp-video n=”1″] Losses The request was preceded by gut-punch announcements from individual airlines in the wake of administration-imposed of travel restrictions that now include the United
Policy · 116th Congress
Mnuchin’s call for returning Fed authorities meets skepticism
[jwp-video n=”1″] “One of the things I have to be careful about is watching any attempts to use this crisis to do deregulation, and so I’ll be keeping an eye on that,” she said.
Policy · 116th Congress
Coronavirus bill needs a do-over while small businesses chafe
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Opinion · 116th Congress
America’s public health infrastructure needs consistent funding
[jwp-video n=”1″] There is a better way, and we should use the coronavirus crisis to put it in place, before we become complacent yet again.
Policy · 116th Congress
States expecting big revenue hit as COVID-19 slows the economy
For every $1 the average annual price of a barrel of New Mexico oil drops, the state loses about $22 million in general fund revenue, according to a Jan. 30 state revenue forecasting group memo to
White House · 116th Congress
Market surges, but Trump’s coronavirus news conference takes a turn after the closing bell
[jwp-video n=”1″] “No, I don’t take responsibility at all,” Trump said in responding to a question about whether he would take responsibility for the slow pace of getting tests for the coronavirus
Policy · 116th Congress
‘No availability’ of coronavirus tests for troops in Afghanistan
[jwp-video n=”1″] “Military personnel who believe they are at risk or have flu-like symptoms have immediate access to on-base medical care,” the command official said.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Tommy Thompson: The new coronavirus has no partisan preference
[jwp-video n=”1″] Dr.
Policy · 116th Congress
Lab capacity increasing but barriers remain for COVID-19 tests
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Rose Garden announcement followed other developments that could expand testing capacity, including health care products company Roche Holdings AG announcing the availability