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</p> In the House, a bill introduced by Democrats on Monday would require airline carriers receiving federal assistance to cut their carbon emissions by 25 percent by 2035, and 50 percent by 2050.
</p> [Health industry scrambles for funding in third coronavirus bill]</p> Just a day earlier, Pelosi had introduced a competing House bill that would offer more than $2.5 trillion to counter the pain
</p> Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a onetime Trump antagonist turned staunch ally, called on the president to recall Mnuchin and stop negotiating at all. “Pass the damn bill. Stop negotiating.
but the Massachusetts Democrat is open to passing the bill by a voice vote or unanimous consent.
</p> Swonger says he has seen “broad bipartisan support” to add the waiver of the excise tax.</p> There are at least a few supporters for the exemption in Congress.
</p> “This is a public health crisis.
</p> A single car paused for a traffic light on Amsterdam Avenue.
</p> [Senators fight over last-minute adds to coronavirus aid bill]</p> The Senate bill, which has yet to muster the 60 votes necessary to advance, has outraged airlines, who, led by industry group Airlines
</p> “It almost sank the retirement reform bill last year and here it is again in a bill designed to stop the pandemic,” Cotton fumed. “Are you kidding me?”
</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.