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Both chambers of Congress to return May 4, despite pandemic recommendations
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[jwp-video n=”1″] Both Comer and Roy expressed interest in the ranking member job, though Roy’s spokesman said there has not been a formal conversation about the post.
[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
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[jwp-video n=”1″] On the economic policy front, Cortez Masto and the rest of the Nevada delegation scored a major policy victory Friday with the release of a new interim final rule from the
[jwp-video n=”1″] But for some remote work supporters, the working group feels like a dead end to weeks of slow progress.
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[jwp-video n=”1″] “You’d like to have very high efficacy. If you don’t get there, we’ll probably go with the next best thing.
[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
[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.
[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
[jwp-video n=”1″] The House will instead vote this week to formally establish a coronavirus select committee that Pelosi announced previously, according to two leadership aides.
[jwp-video n=”1″] “I wasn’t really sure how it was going to come out,” Rep. Gil Cisneros said over email. “I have never grown a beard before.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would get $1 billion for research and contact tracing, while the National Institutes of Health would win $1 billion to research and develop new testing technologies
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
[jwp-video n=”1″] ‘Interim’ bill details The legislation would provide $310 billion to restart the Small Business Administration’s so-called Paycheck Protection Program, which ran out of money
Disney — which runs studios, amusement parks and even cruises — boosted its lobbying tab to $1.4 million during the first quarter after not cracking $1 million in any quarter last year.
[jwp-video n=”1″] Gimenez’s supporters say he has based his actions on consultations with county public health experts and he has been more aggressive than other local leaders in the region.