Policy · 116th Congress
Stimulus bill gives Fed direct loan funds with few strings
The facility’s terms allow firms to roll over payments for 6 months. While a borrower isn’t paying back, it cannot pay dividends or make stock buybacks.
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Congress · 116th Congress
Senators fight over last-minute adds to coronavirus aid bill
addition, the Democrats’ bill would offer significant expansions of earned income tax credits for childless adults, and refundable child tax credits up to $2,000, with an extra $1,600 per child under age 6.
Policy · 116th Congress
Senate delays vote as rifts deepen on coronavirus aid
Deepening rifts over a massive economic stimulus package forced Senate leaders to delay a planned procedural vote by three hours, until 6 p.m. Sunday.
Policy · 116th Congress
Business group finds coronavirus disrupting supplies in South China
Just over half of respondents said their operations had been disrupted only slightly, another 42 percent reported moderate disruptions and only 6 percent saw severe impacts.
Policy · 116th Congress
White House sees $50 billion for airlines, support for Boeing
United Airlines said it would cut its flights by 50 percent in April and May, while American Airlines announced it would cut international flights by 75 percent through May 6.
Policy · 116th Congress
Airlines seek $58 billion in aid for business lost to pandemic
President Donald Trump signed the first coronavirus-related measure, a supplemental appropriations bill on March 6.
Policy · 116th Congress
Playing politics with science spawns new threat to endangered whales
If the agency wanted to include the requirement, a “feasible and effective” alternative would be reducing the distance to 1 km (about .6 miles).
Policy · 116th Congress
Chao pressed on making airlines send CDC passenger data
Travel Association on Tuesday projected that international inbound travel to the U.S. will fall 6 percent over the next three months as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread.
Policy · 116th Congress
States counting on reimbursements for coronavirus response
Congress is negotiating a supplemental package between about $6 billion and $8 billion. The Trump administration’s request was for a package of $2.5 billion.
Policy · 116th Congress
Retirees’ worst nightmare: Federal backing of pension funds at risk
It became a priority of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to avoid that catastrophe two months before an election, and the plan, with a deficit of more than $6 billion, was effectively taken
Policy · 116th Congress
Democrats preview election-year attacks on Trump budget
Instead, Trump would allow defense spending to rise as planned, but cut nondefense spending by about 6 percent from this year’s level, or $40 billion.
Policy · 116th Congress
Analysis: The Pentagon’s new budget is about to come undone
And it is about 6 percent more than was planned a year ago for fiscal 2021.
Policy · 116th Congress
Top 10 things to know about Trump’s budget proposal
Instead, Trump would cut that spending by about 6 percent, or $40 billion, from this year’s level.
Policy · 116th Congress
Report: Speed up drug development with artificial intelligence
[jwp-video n=”1″] Annual U.S. health care spending is set to reach about $6 trillion by 2027, with the federal portion of spending on health care programs, which account for a quarter of the
Policy · 116th Congress
Abortion policy activism heats up for Roe v. Wade anniversary
However, only 6 percent of Democrats and 7 percent of Republicans consider reproductive health to be their top campaign issue, the poll found.
Policy · 116th Congress
Regulators warn about fraudsters creating synthetic borrowers
But Auriemma Group, a research and consulting firm that focuses on the consumer finance industry, tabulated that synthetic identity fraud cost U.S. financial institutions $6 billion and accounted for up
Policy · 116th Congress
EPA proposes eased regulations on coal-ash pollution
About 6 million people live within three miles of a coal-fired plant and those populations are disproportionately people of color and lower-income communities, according to Mustafa Santiago Ali,
Policy · 116th Congress
Hemp industry growth hints at potential field of dreams
The Nielsen Co., which analyzes trends among consumers and markets, forecast a $6 billion market by 2025 for hemp-derived CBD, but noted the state and federal regulations will affect the industry.
Policy · 116th Congress
Emails show how private firms profit from ICE detention centers
On Feb. 6, 2019, Jill Grant, chief financial officer of Immigration Centers of America, emailed the town treasurer of Farmville, Virginia, where her company operates an immigrant detention center.
Policy · 116th Congress
Grassroots groups prepare for a post-Roe v. Wade America
“The state may only infringe upon the right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy if the state has a compelling interest and has narrowly tailored its actions to that interest,” the 6-1 Kansas