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Oct 27 2020
News
Coronavirus relief likely on pause until after election as Trump promises 'best stimulus package'
The odds of Congress striking a coronavirus relief deal before the November election dimmed considerably this week after the Senate left Washington for their October recess with no agreement in place.
"After the election, we'll get the best stimulus package," President Trump told reporters Tuesday before boarding Air Force One.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary
Fox News (Online News)Jul 31 2020
News
Congress leaves town without a coronavirus stimulus deal, allowing $600 unemployment benefit to end
WASHINGTON – A $600 weekly unemployment benefit that has helped millions of Americans stay afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic will officially end at midnight as Congress adjourned for the weekend without coming to any deal on the program or a larger emergency stimulus package.
The discussions over another package turned testy Friday as Democrats and Republicans each blamed the other
USA TODAYJul 29 2020
Analysis
Bringing the ‘Stimulus’ Back to Stimulus
As of press time, legislators are deep into strategizing and posturing around their desired ends for an additional “stimulus” package to provide relief to the American economy, and to those in the economy most affected by the pandemic and the measures taken in response to it. The $2.2 trillion price tag of the CARES Act has been deemed insufficient by virtually all parties, a few GOP senators
National Review (News)Mar 17 2020
Opinion
Congress needs to spend $1 trillion on coronavirus stimulus. Here's how they should do it.
The U.S. government did a lot of things wrong in the Great Recession of 2008. But one of the most consequential screw-ups, made when it really counted, was low-balling the stimulus. President Obama's economic advisors rapidly concluded it would take $1.8 trillion to plug the hole in the economy, but never pushed for that amount for fear of the politics. The stimulus that passed was less than
Jeff SprossMar 17 2020
News
Trump administration seeks roughly $850 billion in emergency stimulus to confront coronavirus economic fallout
The Trump administration is asking Congress to approve a massive economic stimulus package of around $850 billion to stanch the economic free fall caused by the coronavirus, four officials familiar with the planning said Tuesday.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will present details to Senate Republicans later Tuesday. The package would be mostly devoted to flooding the economy with
Washington PostMar 13 2024
News
Indiana dashboard adds 32 COVID deaths, 2,274 more cases of coronavirus in 2 weeks
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The Indiana Department of Health has released new COVID-19 data on the state’s coronavirus dashboard. The data was collected through Tuesday, March 12. The state’s dashboard is updated weekly on Wednesdays. Indiana’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 26,367 on Tuesday from 26,335 on Feb. 27. That’s an increase of 32. Since Jan. 2, when the state reported 25,978 deaths, Indiana
Wish TVMar 11 2021
News
Kennedy On Stimulus: Calling It ‘A Coronavirus Bill’ Is Like Thinking ‘The Stripper Really Likes You’
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) slammed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill during a Fox News interview on Thursday morning, saying that calling the bill a “coronavirus bill” was like thinking “the stripper really likes you.”
Host Brian Kilmeade asked Kennedy about the bill, which White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki bragged this week is the “most progressive bill in
The Daily WireOct 20 2020
News
Stimulus Negotiations
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reported some progress in advance of a Tuesday deadline for reaching a pre-election deal with President Donald Trump on a new coronavirus relief package, but the same core problems bedeviling the effort remain in place.” (AP News)
On Sunday, President Donald Trump stated, “I want to do it at a bigger number than she wants… That doesn't mean all the
The Flip SideMay 26 2020
News
More Stimulus Checks Coming? US Moving Forward With Second Round Of Direct Payments In Coronavirus Economy
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said at an event in Louisville on Tuesday that another stimulus bill to boost the U.S. economy is likely coming in “in the next month or so.”
"Many of you are asking, what next? I think there's likely to be another bill. It will not be the $3 trillion bill the House passed the other day. But there's still a likelihood that more will be
International Business TimesMar 30 2020
Fact Check
Did Nancy Pelosi hide $25 million for congressional pay raises in the House coronavirus stimulus bill?
A post shared on Facebook more than 82,000 times claims House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hid $25 million worth of congressional pay raises in the House coronavirus stimulus package.
Verdict: False
The coronavirus stimulus package appropriates $25 million for House “salaries and expenses” necessary to “prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.” Those funds do not include a pay
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