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‘Pass the damn bill’ — Congressional Hits and Misses
“Enough already, pass the damn bill,” Sen.
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</p> Rep. Steny H. Hoyer had given the congresswomen one minute—the same as other members—for her remarks. </p> Rep.
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Massie did indeed try to force a recorded vote on the bill Friday, but members’ efforts to get to Washington proved successful in blocking him.
</p> The House’s voice vote marked the third bill lawmakers have passed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic since congressional briefings on the initial outbreak began two months ago.
Eleanor Holmes Norton has an issue with the coronavirus stimulus bill.
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> The speaker said she will continue to push for a higher amount of direct payments to Americans, noting House Democrats’ bill would have given individuals $1,500 while the bill
</p> Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the House will take up the bill Friday.
</p> Still, dozens of members are expected to show up to the Capitol at 9 a.m. Friday when the House gavels in to debate the bill.
</p> The Connecticut lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at ensuring adequate medical personnel and legal authority on cruise ships. Rep.
</p> The aid bill also includes substantial funding to help hospitals and doctors prepare for a wave of patients and funding for government departments working to reduce the virus’s impact.
</p> The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that overall during the next decade, the tax provisions of the massive relief bill will cost $591 billion.
</p> [Thursday likely earliest stimulus bill gets to Trump’s desk]</p> Text of the stimulus package will be added to an unrelated bill previously passed by the House.
</p> But for the $3 billion for contractors, the bill matches what Airlines for America, an industry group, had called for.
</p> [Thursday likely earliest stimulus bill gets to Trump’s desk]</p> Of those, the largest chunk — $3.8 billion — would go to the Defense Health Program, which provides medical care to Defense Department
</p> “This is not going to be the last bill,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on the “PBS Newshour” on Wednesday.
</p> The bill would create a $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund for state, territorial, tribal and local governments. All but $11 billion would go directly to states.
</p> [Thursday likely earliest stimulus bill gets to Trump’s desk]</p> Among the other major elements of the bill, it seemed like most of the key details had been settled on based on various drafts and
</p> “Thanks to the unity and insistence of Senate and House Democrats, the bill has moved a great deal closer to America’s workers,” the California Democrat said in a statement.
</p> An earlier version of the appropriations package in the bill would have given the department borrowing authority up to $50 billion — a $20 billion increase over the current borrowing limit from the
</p> The bill includes a so-called “Marshall Plan” for hospitals that Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., demanded.