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</p> [McConnell nixes infrastructure in next economic recovery bill]</p> “The projected economic fallout for the industry is grave,” they wrote, saying sales are projected to drop as much as 30 percent
</p> Minority Whip Steve Scalise will lead the Republican contingent as its ranking member. He will be flanked by Reps.
</p> John Kennedy, R-La., introduced a bill to provide this flexibility Tuesday and expressed confidence Wednesday that if his bill goes to the floor “it will pass.”
</p> “If there is another bill that passes in the Senate, it will include liability protections,” the Kentucky Republican said.</p> Democrats don’t see room for compromise.
</p> The roughly $2 trillion coronavirus aid bill that Congress cleared in March included $31 billion in payroll support grants, including $25 billion for passenger airlines, $4 billion for cargo airlines
</p> Pelosi assured the business representatives that the loan period would be extended in a bill Democrats are currently drafting.
into a full bill.
</p> “We ask that these provisions be included in the next supplemental appropriations bill or similar COVID-19 response legislation,” the letter states.
The Pentagon expects to request new funding in the next COVID-19 recovery bill for medical supplies and economic relief for defense contractors, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said Monday.
And the chamber could also act this week on a bill to overhaul and reauthorize certain Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act authorities.
</p> “I think broadband is an appropriate discussion for us to have regardless of whether we’re doing an infrastructure bill or not,” he told reporters.
</p> The bill also would end the use of emergency authorities invoked by the president after 30 days unless they were approved by Congress during the 30-day period.
</p> As importantly, the bill would permit eligible employers to assume their plan’s investments will return 8 percent a year.
</p> “There will not be an economic recovery if our states and our cities were bankrupt,” said Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, a Democrat.
Illinois’ Bill Foster, who heads the Investigations and Oversight subcommittee of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, will also serve.
Neal, D-Mass., and other top Democrats have for weeks had more direct financial assistance on their list of priorities for the next aid bill.
</p> Mooppan further said Congress would not have the right to sue a president who, after the failure of a health care bill, instructed the Treasury Department to pay for health care insurance for any
</p> His association has sounded the alarm since the early days of the pandemic, even before Congress took up the $2 trillion bill that provided aid to other transportation services.
</p> Another reason the House decided to delay its return is because the chamber is not ready to vote on the next coronavirus relief bill, Hoyer said.