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Coronavirus aid talks progress as GOP pitches unemployment plan
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> It wasn’t clear if the GOP was willing to go that far.
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</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> It wasn’t clear if the GOP was willing to go that far.
</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> [‘Force multiplier’: House Republicans reflect on aiding Trump impeachment defense]</p> “I’m glad I was asked to be on [Judiciary] because it put me right in the middle of impeachment,” said Lesko
on Tuesday night and drafting a bill that lawmakers can vote on after approving a massive stimulus package.
</p> A bill by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., would bestow the billion-dollar prize to the company that devises a vaccine for COVID-19 within three years.
</p> The Senate stimulus bill provides more than the $50 billion in loans that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had proposed, but, by omitting the direct grant relief requested, falls short what Airlines
</p> [Nurses, doctors exposed to COVID-19 who miss work may lose their job under aid bill]</p> Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pledged to work across the aisle on the evolving package, making
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., outlined the major elements of the bill Republicans are drafting, including expanded federal relief to small businesses.
</p> [House may not return to session until third coronavirus response bill is ready]</p> In the meantime, it doesn’t seem to matter that most lawmakers are home in their districts instead of working
</p> “When you see that there are industries getting bailouts, we’re not even looking for bailouts,” he added. “We’re looking to be made whole.”
</p> Trump is expected to sign the bill.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., started Wednesday’s Senate session by announcing that he would support a coronavirus response bill championed by Democrats and passed by the House despite “imperfections
</p> Texas Republican Sen.
</p> The former prosecutor said he would have assumed that “judges, no matter who appointed them … had some idea of what the courtroom was like.”</p> Sen.
</p> Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo., wants congressional relief efforts to include his bill (S 2302), which would authorize $287 billion in spending on roads and bridges
Cotton said Monday the House bill couldn’t pass the Senate as currently drafted, though that was before changes were unveiled late Monday.</p> Sen.
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> It wasn’t immediately clear checks could be sent that quickly, however.
</p> Now the ball is in Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s court, and the Kentucky Republican said his plan for the House bill is simply to “pass it.”