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Democrats’ virus rescue plan would help McClatchy, other papers
“We now face a pension cliff that will be difficult to climb,” Light wrote, describing the paper as “facing a financial crisis” without the legislative fix.
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Congress · 116th Congress
Appeals court grapples with House power to sue over Trump moves
Tuesday’s discussion centered on how Congress could respond to a president who defies them without resorting to the courts.
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Trump adds ‘sanctuary cities’ restrictions to aid package demands
“Now if it’s COVID-related, I guess we can talk about it, but we’d want certain things also, including sanctuary city adjustments,” said Trump, who raised the issue on his own without any prompting
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House faces historic test of congressional subpoena power
Without the power to compel information from the executive branch to review how it spends the money that Congress appropriates, Congress can’t do its job for the American people, Edwards said, “and
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Trump signs coronavirus aid bill for small business, hospitals
They also were successful in adding $25 billion for expanded COVID-19 testing, including funds to cover tests for those without health insurance.
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Partisan split over remote work leaves House in legislative limbo
Without a decision to either bring the House back to Washington for regular sessions or to conduct business remotely, the legislative limbo could continue.
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House unveils proposal for remote committee work and proxy votes
“To be sure, there are appropriate precautions and adaptations we can and should follow,” Cole said.
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Aid bill to fund virus testing as debate over closures rolls on
Hogan got the tests without White House assistance. Several companies have announced plans to develop their own tests related to the virus.
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Partisanship crowds into House’s proxy and remote voting debate
[House to vote on remote proxy voting as soon as Thursday] House Democrats are not unified over the role technology should play in congressional operations during the pandemic.
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Coronavirus aid deal down to the ‘fine print,’ Pelosi says
At the White House, President Donald Trump was bullish about a deal and noted “tremendous progress had been made” without giving specifics.
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Organizations push for remote floor and committee debate, not just voting
The plan does not allow members to participate in debate on the floor and it does not restart the committees, which is where laws should be drafted and oversight of COVID-19 implementation should take
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Coronavirus aid talks bleed into Monday as deal momentum slows
[Obama small-business chief says Democrats should act now on loan funds] By late Sunday momentum had slowed considerably from earlier in the day.
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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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House Judiciary: McGahn case could stop congressional oversight ‘as we know it’
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
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Small-business loan fund runs out as aid talks drag on
“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
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House inches toward low-tech remote voting with proxy vote proposal
[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
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Democrats want $30B to fix Trump’s ‘failed’ COVID-19 testing before reopening the country
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
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Democrats seek info on how Trump officials distribute life-saving supplies
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
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Remote voting, hearing changes for House may come too late for pandemic use
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.
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These Democrats want automatic triggers to keep coronavirus relief flowing
“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