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Mar 20 2020
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Checks In The Mail
“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled a sweeping economic rescue plan Thursday to pump $1,200 direct checks to taxpayers, $300 billion for small businesses to keep idled workers on payroll and $208 billion in loans to airlines and other industries.” (AP News)
“President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday proposed mailing out checks of up to $1,000
The Flip SideJan 21 2020
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Senate impeachment trial: Republicans vote to table Schumer amendment seeking documents
(CNN)Senate Republicans defeated an amendment from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday to subpoena the White House for Ukraine documents on the opening day of the bitterly fought impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
The amendment was killed by Republicans on a party-line vote, 53-47. Schumer is proposing additional amendments — including to subpoena the State
CNN (Online News)Oct 19 2020
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Biden and Schumer face battles with left if Democrats win big
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) got a glimpse of what's in store for them if there's a blue sweep after watching progressives call for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.) to step down as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Biden has pledged to unite the country, restore comity in Washington and work with
The HillJan 18 2022
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How a GOP majority in Congress might handle Biden in 2023
Republicans are feeling so good about their chances of retaking Congress this fall that they're already debating their governing relationship with President Joe Biden. And they're divided over how to handle their potential big wins.
With Biden and Democrats floundering right now, the GOP is increasingly favored to vault back to partial power in Washington by flipping the House, and
PoliticoMay 06 2020
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Senate Republicans Return to Judicial Nominees Amid Coronavirus
Hearing for key appeals court vacancy is part of McConnell’s continued push to fill judiciary with conservatives.
Senate Republicans, with their return to the Capitol this week, are turning some of their attention back to a top pre-coronavirus priority: placing as many conservatives as possible on the nation’s federal courts.
A featured player in the current push is Judge Justin
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 18 2020
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Congress votes to avert government shutdown for now as Covid relief talks drag on
Congressional leaders on Friday failed to secure a long-awaited deal on a $900 billion pandemic relief package but managed to narrowly avoid a government shutdown -- for now.
The House and Senate passed a two-day extension of government funding to keep agencies operating until Sunday night. The stop-gap bill now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature.
The move ratcheted
CNN (Online News)Dec 17 2020
Analysis
Mainstream broadcast media are barely covering the COVID-19 relief negotiations in Congress
Congress is set to go home for the holidays in a matter of days and legislators are rushing to negotiate nearly $1 trillion in COVID-19 relief. But national broadcast news outlets have barely covered the issue, much less the HEROES Act, which has been sitting on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s desk since it was initially passed by the House in May.
A bipartisan group of House
Media MattersMar 05 2019
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Trump’s Grip Shows Signs of Slipping as Senate Prepares to Block Wall Emergency
Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, conceded on Monday that he could not stave off final passage of a resolution overturning President Trump’s national emergency declaration, setting up a rebuke to Mr. Trump amid signs that the president’s grip even on his own party in Congress may be slipping.
With Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky joining three other Republicans — Susan Collins
New York Times (News)Jul 30 2020
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Trump calls new Senate GOP coronavirus bill ‘semi-irrelevant’
President Trump brushed off the new $1 trillion Senate GOP coronavirus legislation as “sort of semi-irrelevant” Tuesday, dismissing its significance just a day after Senate Republican leaders overcame contentious internal divisions to roll it out.
At the Capitol, meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) disavowed a key Trump administration priority in the bill — funding
Washington PostAug 03 2022
Fact Check
No, Republicans Do Not Oppose Helping Veterans
Welcome back to Forgotten Fact-Checks, a weekly column produced by National Review’s News Desk. This week, we explain Republican opposition to a veterans’ health bill, look at Politico’s White House PR, and hit more media misses.
Republicans Smeared as Cold-Hearted Veteran-Haters
Senate Republicans last week voted down a bill that would provide funding for health care and
National Review Fact Check