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[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
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[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
[jwp-video n=”1″] The pushback As part of their pushback, Republicans warned of corrupt implementation and erosion of the representative process.
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[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
[jwp-video n=”1″] The House schedule announcement follows days with little movement on a spending package that would reinforce funding for small-business loans that could run dry by the end
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[jwp-video n=”1″] “While the Appropriations Committee does not have any hearings or markups scheduled at this time, the Committee staff is hard at work remotely,” he said in a statement.
[jwp-video n=”1″] “We will listen to the advice from medical experts as to when we can proceed with the business of Congress in Washington, so it is not possible to give a definitive return
And the Capitol will remain closed to visitors through May 1, the Senate and House sergeants-at-arms announced in a joint statement Monday.
[jwp-video n=”1″] Social distancing measures and concern about the virus has winnowed down the usually packed press corps at the Capitol in recent weeks, but new gallery closures will further
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[jwp-video n=”1″] House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said in a “Dear Colleague” letter sent to House Democrats just before 1 p.m.
[jwp-video n=”1″] Democratic plans The House led negotiations with the White House on the first two phases of Congress’ response to the pandemic, but the Senate took the lead on the phase three
House Democrats have also indefinitely postponed their annual retreat, which was scheduled for April 1-3 in Philadelphia. The caucus announced the postponement on March 12.
[jwp-video n=”1″] “No decisions have been made on exactly what these changes will be, but we will be discussing all options,” he said. Florida Republican Rep.
[jwp-video n=”1″] A formal schedule update that Hoyer’s office sent Monday afternoon only announced that no votes would be held March 23, the date the House was scheduled to return from its
[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.