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No final stimulus deal yet; negotiators say Tuesday’s the day
Mike Braun, R-Ind., said Monday he would be willing to accept more restrictions on corporations, and that he wasn’t alone among Republicans.
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Congress · 116th Congress
Senators fight over last-minute adds to coronavirus aid bill
But Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., accused Democrats of seeking to pile on political favors for their constituencies, such as new collective bargaining powers for unions, extensions of wind
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No deal yet on stimulus as stock market teeters on the edge
The ongoing impasse raises the odds of steep stock market losses Monday morning, just what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and the White House had tried to avoid.
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Coronavirus aid talks progress as GOP pitches unemployment plan
Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said members of the Finance Committee working on tax and unemployment provisions have been given a 5 p.m. deadline to get a bipartisan package ready.
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Deal close, negotiators to reconvene Saturday on stimulus
Grassley, R-Iowa, said there were “three or four” outstanding hangups, but didn’t want to get into specifics.
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White House, GOP seek stimulus deal by Friday night
Mitt Romney, R-Utah, tweeted Friday. “We need to fix this to ensure lower earners get equal payments.” Sen.
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Coronavirus stimulus plan could deliver $3K to family of four
[jwp-video n=”1″] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., outlined the major elements of the bill Republicans are drafting, including expanded federal relief to small businesses.
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Road ahead: COVID-19 stimulus still behind FISA on Senate schedule
And it was supposed to be a recess week for the Senate, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., scrapped that plan last week because of the pandemic and Sunday’s expiration of three key surveillance
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Photos of the week ending March 13, 2020
Stephen M. Hahn, left, elbow-bumps Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., before the start of the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing Wednesday on the FDA’s budget.
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Citing COVID-19, GOP lawmakers skip Arizona copper mine hearing
voices; they weren’t heard in the middle of the night when it was stuck in that legislation; there was no transparency, there was no honesty, there was no process,” House Natural Resources Chairman Raul M.
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Coronavirus stimulus deal ‘close,’ House to vote Friday, Pelosi says
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said the bill “comes up short” on several fronts.
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‘I hope we don’t have an attack this weekend’ — FISA tools to expire before Senate takes up renewal
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, set up a procedural vote on the House-passed measure at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
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Coronavirus stimulus talks ramp up as White House mulls options
“I think it’s important we address the suffering that’s out there,” House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita M.
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Trump’s coronavirus tax cut hits rough patch as lawmakers talk stimulus
Shelby, R-Ala., said many Republicans don’t have much appetite for an Obama-style stimulus package, which Shelby said “wasted a trillion dollars.”
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Coronavirus deal in flux amid vaccine, other disputes
Appropriations Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey said Tuesday afternoon that negotiators were “very close” to agreement.
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Cashing in on justice
Cornyn and Cruz touted their own bipartisan panel of “leading attorneys in Texas” that helped them identify the “most qualified candidates” when the Senate voted last October to confirm Charles R.
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Jayapal warns against mixing coronavirus aid and surveillance extension
House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey of New York said the question of attaching an extension of the surveillance powers that expire on March 15 was “still being discussed.”
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DeVos, Democrats spar over block grants, charter schools
“While I tend to support block grants to states…I do have some concerns with consolidating some programs such as the Charter School Program,” said ranking member Tom Cole, R-Okla.
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Will America get a Space National Guard?
Steven M. Palazzo of Mississippi, the co-chairs of the House Guard and Reserve Caucus, which comprises about one-third of the chamber.