Policy · 116th Congress
Airlines boosted lobbying as pandemic spread
</p> It was also the period when Congress began working in earnest on a roughly $2 trillion spending bill that included $61 billion in federal grants and loans for airlines.
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Policy · 116th Congress
Rubio raises profile in pandemic, challenges GOP economics
House ranking member Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, said his role was limited on a bill that originated in the Senate and gave credit to Rubio for “leading the charge” on the PPP. </p> Sen.
Congress · 116th Congress
Ruin and resilience: How my south Georgia home is fighting through coronavirus trauma
She’s since introduced a bill that would require the Department of Health and Human Services to report racial and demographic data to Congress.
Policy · 116th Congress
States, localities plead for COVID money, but McConnell says no
As House members return to Washington to vote on a $483.4 billion interim COVID-19 aid bill Thursday, state and local governments say their budgets can’t wait much longer for federal relief.
Congress · 116th Congress
Warning: Data danger ahead
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Policy · 116th Congress
HHS reveals plans to pay hospitals, cover uninsured in pandemic
</p> [No change in Social Security, Medicare finances, for now]</p> The rural allocation will be $10 billion, distributed as early as next week, for the country’s nearly 2,000 rural hospitals and clinics
Policy · 116th Congress
Drug price alliance pushes lawmakers to ensure virus treatments are affordable
</p> Democrats sought to include vaccine affordability provisions in an earlier pandemic aid package (PL 116-123), an $8.3 billion supplemental appropriations bill to bolster health care agencies and
Opinion · 116th Congress
Covering COBRA costs would protect workers’ health and finances during pandemic
</p> A bill introduced by Rep. Steven Horsford, House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott and Rep.
Policy · 116th Congress
Oil markets’ crash raises tough questions for the industry’s future
</p> What’s West Texas Intermediate?
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
To quarantine beard or not to quarantine beard: Congress decides
</p> “They banished me to the basement.
Congress · 116th Congress
House unveils proposal for remote committee work and proxy votes
</p> As a change to House rules, the measure would not need to be adopted by the Senate for it to take effect.</p> Oklahoma Rep.
Congress · 116th Congress
Coronavirus aid package passes Senate
</p> The Senate’s voice vote, which occurred in a nearly empty chamber, sends the bill to the House for final passage likely on Thursday.
Policy · 116th Congress
Latest aid bill has funds for providers; advocates say more is needed
</p> The fourth economic aid bill addressing the coronavirus pandemic includes $75 billion for medical providers and $25 billion to increase testing capacity.
Policy · 116th Congress
New aid bill would open SBA economic injury funds to farmers
</p> By voice vote, the Senate sent the $483.4 billion bill, the latest COVID-19 economic rescue measure, to the House, which could act on the legislation as early as Thursday.
Congress · 116th Congress
Rep. Meeks on how small-business funds are missing minority communities
</p> He talks about the pending COVID-19 relief bill for small businesses and says not a single dollar from a previous relief measure got to businesses in his community.
Policy · 116th Congress
AFL-CIO’s Trumka rejects reopening without safety measures
</p> [Unions, employers want pension relief included in coronavirus aid talks]</p> A clear and enforceable workplace safety standard also should be a precondition of reopening, the labor leader said,
Congress · 116th Congress
Aid bill to fund virus testing as debate over closures rolls on
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> A summary of the bill says the measure would provide $25 billion for testing, $11 billion of which would go directly to states.
Congress · 116th Congress
Coronavirus aid deal down to the ‘fine print,’ Pelosi says
The chamber is now expected to come back into session Tuesday at 4 p.m. to try to pass the bill, assuming the deal is in legislative form by then.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate odd couple push $500B for local governments to cope with coronavirus revenue losses
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana are teaming up to push for $500 billion to help local governments reeling from coronavirus-related costs and revenue losses.