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When Republicans Stop Paying Attention

Recommended Reading / March 12th, 2021 / By Dan Schnur

From the Center This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. Joe Biden has succeeded in passing the largest expansion of domestic government spending and the most targeted expansion of aid to low-income Americans in more than fifty years. Bernie Sanders tweeted that the legislation was “...

Republican Party, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Economy And Jobs

Story of the Week: Biden Signs $1.9T Stimulus Bill

Story of the Week / March 11th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Biden signed his administration's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package into law Thursday afternoon. Both houses of Congress approved the bill, which includes stimulus checks, state and local government...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Coronavirus Recovery

Story of the Week: Vaccine Outlook Improves; Some States Loosen Pandemic Restrictions

Story of the Week / March 4th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. will now have enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate all adults by the end of May, two months sooner than the previously-predicted July. Amid that expansion and...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Recovery, Coronavirus Vaccine, Coronavirus Stimulus

When Biden Makes His First No-Win Decision

Recommended Reading / January 29th, 2021 / By Dan Schnur

From the Center This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. Joe Biden was sworn into office less than two weeks ago and he is already facing the type of seminal decision that could define his presidency. Worse, it’s not clear if either option he is considering is a particularly good one...

Joe Biden, Coronavirus, Bipartisanship, Polarization, Coronavirus Stimulus, US Senate

Congress Just Reached Two Major Agreements by Overwhelming Margins. How Well Did News Outlets Cover the Stories?

Bias / January 4th, 2021 / By James Coan

Congress agreed to two major pieces of legislation by overwhelming margins in the past few weeks. On December 21, it passed a roughly $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus bill, which also included temporary funding for other government operations. It then overrode a veto from President Donald...

United News Roundup, Media Bias, National Defense, Federal Budget, Coronavirus Stimulus, Coronavirus, US Congress

Story of the Week: $600 Or $2,000? Stimulus Checks Debated As Payments Begin

Story of the Week / December 30th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. $600 COVID-19 stimulus checks begin going out this week after months of negotiations, as debate simmers about increasing the checks to $2,000. President Donald Trump and many Congressional Democrats support more...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Life During Covid-19, US Senate

When Cracks Appear in the Republican Wall

Recommended Reading / December 29th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

You know it’s hard out here for an optimist. We can see that the outgoing president will continue to indulge his penchant for brinkmanship and disruption until noon on Jan. 20, and that the consequences of his behavior will create all sorts of obstacles to his successor and inflict all...

Republican Party, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Bipartisanship, Coronavirus Stimulus

Story of the Week: Congress Passes $900B Coronavirus Relief Bill; Trump Threatens Veto

Story of the Week / December 23rd, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Lawmakers agreed on a long-debated stimulus bill worth nearly $900 billion this past weekend, attempting to relieve economic fallout from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The proposal includes $600 direct...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus Stimulus, Life During Covid-19, Economy And Jobs

When Congress Actually Gets Something Done

Recommended Reading / December 23rd, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

Can a new Congress learn old tricks? After years of Capitol Hill gridlock driven by increased suspicion, hostility and polarization, it may be fitting that the final legislative agreement of the hyper-partisan Trump administration required an act of transcendent bipartisanship. In an era...

Coronavirus Stimulus, US Congress, Coronavirus, Economy And Jobs

Weekly United News Roundup: Early Dec. Polls Found Americans of All Political Stripes Strongly Supported A New Coronavirus Stimulus Bill

News / December 21st, 2020 / By James Coan

Plus, a bipartisan “908 Coalition” and increased openness toward the vaccine Congressional leaders announced an agreement on a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill Sunday night. Polls conducted in early December found the desire for a new stimulus bill was shared among Democrats and...

United News Roundup, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Coronavirus Vaccine, Life During Covid-19

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