Congress · 116th Congress
Both chambers of Congress to return May 4, despite pandemic recommendations
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Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Photos of the week: Congress dons face masks as protests abound
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Congress · 116th Congress
Trump signs coronavirus aid bill for small business, hospitals
[jwp-video n=”1″] The next round of talks are likely to last much longer, given Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s pledge to slow things down given the rampant deficit spending that’s
Campaigns · 116th Congress
How to beat Mitch McConnell
[jwp-video n=”1″] The path McGrath’s only viable path is to win with less than 50 percent, but still score more votes than McConnell.
Congress · 116th Congress
Coronavirus aid bill OK’d for Trump’s signature
[jwp-video n=”1″] Democrats weren’t about to give up their leverage on other priorities so easily, however, and wound up securing aid for smaller businesses in low-income areas and more money
Congress · 116th Congress
Battle lines forming over next round of coronavirus aid
[jwp-video n=”1″] Speaker Nancy Pelosi has her own wish list that includes extending enhanced unemployment insurance benefits past their current July 31 expiration, and another round of tax
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
Coronavirus aid deal to pass Senate Tuesday, Schumer says
[jwp-video n=”1″] While there wouldn’t be a new injection of direct aid to state and local governments, Schumer said the emerging legislation would include language to allow more flexibility
Congress · 116th Congress
Coronavirus aid talks bleed into Monday as deal momentum slows
[jwp-video n=”1″] Mnuchin, however, said it was not and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., assured GOP senators on an afternoon conference call that state and local relief wouldn
Policy · 116th Congress
Farm lenders want a retooled Paycheck Protection Program
Agricultural-related loans accounted for just over 1 percent of all loans in the program, according to SBA records.
Policy · 116th Congress
Unions, employers want pension relief included in coronavirus aid talks
[jwp-video n=”1″] Speaker Nancy Pelosi included a version of multi-employer plan legislation that passed the House last year in the Democrats’ broader $2.5 trillion coronavirus aid proposal
Congress · 116th Congress
Judge Justin Walker is a window into McConnell’s sway on federal courts
[jwp-video n=”1″] Important meeting McConnell said he wanted to lure Walker into public service the first time he met him two decades ago, but there was an issue: “He still had to graduate from
Policy · 116th Congress
Obama small-business chief says Democrats should act now on loan funds
[jwp-video n=”1″] Senate Democrats blocked an attempt by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last week to add $251 billion to the PPP by unanimous consent, demanding the measure include $150
Congress · 116th Congress
Small-business loan fund runs out as aid talks drag on
Trump won all three states in 2016 by less than 1 percentage point.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Tillis challenger Cunningham raises nearly $4.4M in first quarter
Overall, he has raised nearly $6.9 million between Jan. 1, 2019, and Feb. 12, 2020, FEC records show.
Congress · 116th Congress
Cities back Democrats’ virus aid formula amid small-business stalemate
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Democratic measure would distribute $53.55 billion of the money directly to localities using the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block
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
Congress · 116th Congress
Drive-in church ban violates religious freedom, Mitch McConnell says
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