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The 2020 fight over the Postal Service underscores its long-unaddressed challenges
</p> </p> Normal change, unusual times?
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At Gettysburg, worry over preserving history without sugarcoating
“Part of the problem with that bill is that it’s so sweeping.”
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Senate breaks for August recess with no coronavirus deal in sight
The Senate has given up on its August legislative session without any agreement on a new COVID-19 relief bill as jet fumes — leaving town in Senate parlance — have overtaken any hope for a bipartisan deal
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Trump opposes funding Postal Service because it would increase vote by mail
</p> [Election officials ‘prepare for the worst’ as congressional aid talks stall]</p> “Now, if we don’t make a deal, that means they don’t get the money.
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Virus aid talks break down as White House weighs unilateral action
</p> “They can’t come up with any significant cuts in their bill,” he said. “What they want is a $2.5 trillion blank check.”
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Democrats press DOT watchdog nominee on independence
</p> But Democrats said they remain skeptical.
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Rodney Davis maintains opposition to proxy voting after positive COVID-19 test
</p> [Riggleman, Davis join list of 10 most vulnerable House members]</p> The House is out of session but is expected to be called back to vote as soon as next week on a coronavirus relief bill that
Congress · 116th Congress
After a year on job, public lands chief overdue for confirmation hearing, Democrats say
</p> “After nearly a year as Acting Director, Mr.
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White House: Friday or bust for virus aid deal
Pelosi earlier in the day had offered a similar timetable during a webinar hosted by the American Hotel & Lodging Association, saying she hoped a bill would be ready “within the next 10 days.”
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Highway work at risk as Congress considers next recovery bill
</p> Highways were not included in the roughly $2 trillion relief bill that passed Congress in March, although that bill provided $150 billion to states and localities to use as they needed.
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Virus aid talks inch forward; Mnuchin says deal possible by end of week
</p> If the final bill renews the $600 weekly federal boost for unemployment benefits, McConnell said it’s likely many Republicans vote against the proposal.
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Sides cite ‘productive’ but slow-moving coronavirus aid talks
Negotiations on a COVID-19 relief bill inched forward Monday during a two-hour meeting between congressional Democrats and key Trump administration officials, though the sides remain far apart on several
Congress · 116th Congress
Coronavirus relief talks stuck on scope of aid
Negotiations on a coronavirus relief bill have yet to enter the policy give-and-take stage as Republicans remain focused on a short-term measure that Democrats say is worthless and delaying progress toward
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Could Obama’s call to end Senate filibuster shift the tide?
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> And the true impact of Obama’s surprise endorsement may not become clear until after the November election.
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Amid virus aid divide, parties find common ground on tax breaks
</p> The nearly $3.5 trillion House relief bill that chamber passed in May and Senate Republican legislation unveiled Monday would provide bigger rebate checks to U.S. households and beefed-up employee
Congress · 116th Congress
House would overturn Trump’s transgender ban in military
</p> The House adopted an amendment to its defense authorization bill last year that would have blocked the ban, but senators succeeded in stripping it out of the final version of the bill.
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House votes to end military ban on transgender troops
</p> The amendment was tucked into a massive en bloc package of amendments that were attached to the six-bill spending package that includes defense funding.
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No ‘skinny’ deal on coronavirus relief in late-night meeting
</p> “I think they understand that we have to have a bill, but they just don’t realize how big it has to be,” Pelosi said.
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GAO: Higher nuke budgets won’t add much capability
</p> House votes this week The House is voting this week on a package of six spending bills, including an Energy-Water bill that would provide $18 billion for NNSA’s overall budget, a reduction to a $20