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Airlines furlough tens of thousands as payroll support expires
of a $2 trillion relief bill in March.
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of a $2 trillion relief bill in March.
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Johnson said he opposed anything larger than the “skinny” bill the conference tried to bring to the floor last month that spent $650 billion but with roughly half of it offset.
</p> She read off a list of changes to the process, including:</p> Prohibiting for-profit entities from receiving earmarks.
</p> “As he has done in previous years, Rep.
bill,” said McCaul, the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The Office of Management and Budget has said that if a signed appropriations bill is imminent, agencies don’t need to suspend operations during the first day of a funding gap.
</p> [House delays vote on partisan virus aid bill amid last-ditch talks]</p> “The speaker thinks there’s a possibility of getting a deal,” House Majority Leader Steny H.
</p> Even as they had been preparing their own bill earlier Wednesday, Democratic leaders stressed the measure was designed to stake out a negotiating stance and did not preclude bipartisan talks from
</p> On Tuesday afternoon, the New York Democrat filed a cloture motion to proceed to such a bill.
</p> The House bill introduced Monday would also extend $3 billion in payroll support for airline contractors as originally approved in March, as well as $300 million to cargo airlines.
House bill.
</p> Stopgap spending Before heading out of Washington for a four-day weekend, the Senate teed up the House-passed continuing resolution bill that extends current government funding levels, with some
</p> The House passed the stopgap bill by an overwhelming 359-57 vote last week, amid grumbling on both sides of the aisle about lack of progress on full-year spending bills.
</p> Pelosi has said House Democrats are prepared to put the bill on the floor, however, if talks with the administration falter.
</p> House Democrats followed suit, dropping the loan and grant program from their $3.4 trillion coronavirus bill that passed in May.
</p> Late Thursday, U.S.
</p> [White House shows flexibility on coronavirus aid; Pelosi holds firm]</p> House Democrats haven’t filed a discharge petition to force a bill to the floor without Pelosi’s blessing.
</p> Cheap dates? The decision to put out a bill reflecting reduced spending totals represents a reversal from the last few months.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo) Sund stressed that misconduct is the exception and not the norm on his force, which he says shows integrity and professionalism.