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Coronavirus aid talks set to drag into weekend, Schumer says
“To give the money to the PPP program without correcting it would make no sense,” Schumer said. Democrats’ unity cracking?
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“To give the money to the PPP program without correcting it would make no sense,” Schumer said. Democrats’ unity cracking?
The House Judiciary panel argues in Thursday’s brief that judges should be able to step in when executive officials defy congressional subpoenas, as they routinely do to enforce subpoenas in other
“I would think money for rural hospitals and other hospitals who didn’t benefit as much as they should have from that first distribution” could be part of a new aid bill, said Blunt, the top Republican
[House report tables remote voting] “This system would enable Members to vote remotely in a secure way, without using the kind of technology that is susceptible to hacking or interference by
who say the Trump administration “repeatedly failed to recognize the need” for extensive coronavirus testing to fight the pandemic proposed a $30 billion plan Wednesday, arguing the country cannot open without
Trump, his son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, and John Polowczyk, vice director of logistics for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have led decisions on the stockpile’s supplies without transparency
House rules do not allow for the chamber to vote remotely or for committees to conduct formal hearings or business meetings without a physical presence.
“As appropriate, build automatic stabilizers into direct assistance programs to provide certainty and trigger additional assistance and stimulus without the need for additional congressional action
A pro forma Senate meeting came and went Monday without any movement on a spending package needed to shore up funding for small-business loans that could run dry by the end of the week.
Without it, many Americans won’t be able to make ends meet,” the Democrats wrote.
Without help, hundreds of thousands of these jobs would have evaporated overnight as airlines tried to reconcile their costs with plummeting revenue,” Cruz wrote in a Fox News opinion piece with Rep.
A two-page Senate GOP-authored draft bill circulating on Wednesday would implement the Trump administration’s request without any changes.
“In addition to the various types of aid and assistance we already provide — none of which should ever be offered perpetually and unconditionally — we are reminded of the levers of statecraft the Administration
feel that the best way I can be of service at this time is to continue to work for the health and well-being of the people of Hawaii and our country in Congress, and to stand ready to serve in uniform should
There are lots of people who don’t have health care, many of whom would qualify for the ACA, and we should open it,” Schumer said Friday.
The suit says blocking abortion access violates the governor’s executive order because these abortions should be considered medically necessary.
package would also suspend taxes on passenger tickets, jet fuel and other levies collected by airlines; expand deductions for charitable contributions; let savers withdraw money from retirement funds early without
Angel Padilla, national policy director for Indivisible, said the final bill was an improvement over the original released by McConnell, but House Democrats should change it further.
Leaders hope those members will express their dissent on the floor without throwing up any procedural hurdles.
people without symptoms can spread the novel coronavirus.