Policy · 116th Congress
Senate stimulus bill snags on trade aid, food stamps
</p> The bill also would give farmers more time to repay marketing assistance loans.
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</p> The bill also would give farmers more time to repay marketing assistance loans.
That’s up from $1,200, $2,400 and $500 in the Senate GOP bill.</p> The same income thresholds would apply — $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 for joint filer.
</p> The California Democrat had previewed the bill earlier in the day on a press call about the 10th anniversary of the 2010 health care law.
</p> Over the weekend, senators filed a number of health care and tax policy amendments to the initial base text of the “phase three” stimulus bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Schumer, D-N.Y., said the procedural votes on the coronavirus relief bill, which took place Monday at 1:30 p.m., were “irrelevant” because negotiations between congressional leaders were ongoing.
</p> Democrats in Alaska, too, said Monday they would cancel in-person voting originally scheduled for April 4 and instead adopt an extensive vote-by-mail primary process.
</p> Drafts of the most recent bill to provide economic relief do not include direct cash payments to states, Matthew Chase, the executive director of the National Association of Counties, said late Monday
</p> “We’ll be introducing our own bill and hopefully it will be compatible with what they discussed on the Senate side,” she said.
</p> A House Democratic aide, not authorized to speak publicly about ongoing negotiations, called the bill “a Senate Republican wish list,” adding that Democrats “are continuing to negotiate in good faith
</p> But in another potential setback for speedy action, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the House would offer its own legislative package even as the Senate works to complete its bill.
</p> “We’re getting closer and closer and I’m very hopeful … that we could get a bill in the morning,” Schumer said.
</p> Republican senators said they expected to Senate would remain in session until the stimulus bill was passed.
“Negotiation isn’t over, but we’re going to have a massive bill that has both Republican and Democrat ideas in it.”
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> It wasn’t clear if the GOP was willing to go that far.
</p> The bill would increase funding for hospitals but Senate Minority Leader Charles E.
</p> A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands guard outside the House chamber as tours of the Capitol remain suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday.
</p> McConnell filed cloture Friday on the underlying legislation, an unrelated tax bill the House passed last year that already became law as part of the fiscal 2020 spending deal.
</p> The centerpiece of the Senate GOP bill would provide direct payments to individuals of about $1,200 per person or $2,400 for married couples filing jointly, with $500 extra per child.
</p> [GOP stimulus bill would give DeVos authority to defer student loan payments]</p> Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., with Sen.
</p> Senate Republicans on Thursday released a proposed bill that would include $58 billion in collateralized loans for U.S. airlines but no grants.