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“At last, we have a deal,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on the floor a little after 1:30 a.m. “We’re going to pass this legislation later today.”
Mark Meadows, R-N.C., whom President Donald Trump tapped to become his new chief of staff earlier this month, told reporters just before midnight.
Mark Meadows, R-N.C. — whom President Donald Trump tapped earlier this month to be his new chief of staff — and White House legislative liaison Eric Ueland.
Mike Braun, R-Ind., said Monday he would be willing to accept more restrictions on corporations, and that he wasn’t alone among Republicans.
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
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.
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.
Grassley, R-Iowa, said there were “three or four” outstanding hangups, but didn’t want to get into specifics.
Mitt Romney, R-Utah, tweeted Friday. “We need to fix this to ensure lower earners get equal payments.” Sen.
[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.
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
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.
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.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said the bill “comes up short” on several fronts.
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, set up a procedural vote on the House-passed measure at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
“I think it’s important we address the suffering that’s out there,” House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita M.
Shelby, R-Ala., said many Republicans don’t have much appetite for an Obama-style stimulus package, which Shelby said “wasted a trillion dollars.”
Appropriations Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey said Tuesday afternoon that negotiators were “very close” to agreement.
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.