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
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
Congress · 116th Congress
Revised coronavirus aid bill headed to Senate, finally
[jwp-video n=”1″] ‘It’s a big number’ Mnuchin said he planned to join Senate Republicans for the weekly policy lunch Tuesday to discuss the concerns further.
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.
Congress · 116th Congress
Coronavirus aid deal passed, delivered to Senate; Trump to sign
[jwp-video n=”1″] Republicans had denounced the initial Democratic bill as unworkable and too burdensome on businesses.
Congress · 116th Congress
White House, Democrats hung up on coronavirus stimulus
[jwp-video n=”1″] A notice to lawmakers from Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., preceded Pelosi’s comments, telling colleagues to be ready to vote Friday no matter the outcome.
Congress · 116th Congress
House gets new chance at court challenge of Trump’s wall construction, McGahn subpoena
[jwp-video n=”1″] In ruling against the House, the three-judge panel cited Supreme Court precedents about the right of lawmakers to bring lawsuits, and rejected the House argument that it suffered
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
How do you restore the budget process in Congress? Eliminate the Budget committees
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Congress · 116th Congress
Coronavirus stimulus deal ‘close,’ House to vote Friday, Pelosi says
[jwp-video n=”1″] In a letter to House Democrats late Thursday, Pelosi wrote that the measure being negotiated would provide 14 days of paid emergency leave and up to three months of paid family
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump announces coronavirus actions as Democrats prep stimulus
Provide $1 billion this year to help states process and pay unemployment insurance benefits.
Congress · 116th Congress
Powerful appropriator battles Justice over prison in Kentucky
[jwp-video n=”1″] The project would also bring federal money and 300 new jobs to the state of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is up for reelection and has advocated for the prison
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate sends $8.3B coronavirus aid bill to Trump
The Senate voted 96-1 following limited debate on the legislation, sending it to President Donald Trump.
Congress · 116th Congress
Jayapal warns against mixing coronavirus aid and surveillance extension
[jwp-video n=”1″] Extraneous provisions not related to the Appropriations Committee are often added at the last minute by leadership.
Congress · 116th Congress
Road ahead: Emergency funding deal for coronavirus expected
[jwp-video n=”1″] “Any emergency funding supplemental the Congress approves must be entirely new funding, not stolen from other accounts,” Pelosi wrote in a Dear Colleague letter to the House
Congress · 116th Congress
Coronavirus funding talks held up over drug price language
[jwp-video n=”1″] Of the seven targeted Republicans, two voted for the House Democrats’ drug pricing bill in December: Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey; Van
White House · 116th Congress
White House seeks $1.25 billion more for coronavirus response
The proposal would set aside more than $1 billion for vaccines as well as funding for what are described as therapeutics, vaccine development and stockpiling of personal protective equipment such