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Mar 25 2020
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Negotiators strike deal on massive coronavirus rescue package
Senate leaders and the Trump administration clinched a bipartisan deal early Wednesday morning on a nearly $2 trillion emergency relief package in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a move intended to assist businesses and millions of Americans amid an unprecedented halt in the U.S. economy.
The announcement, which came around 1 a.m., capped five days of tense, marathon talks between
PoliticoMar 05 2019
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GOP braces for showdown on wall emergency with Trump
Congress is on a collision course with President Trump over his national emergency declaration, setting the stage for the first veto of his administration.
A showdown appears all but inevitable with momentum building behind a resolution of disapproval, which clinched the votes needed to pass over the weekend and could pick up several additional Republican supporters ahead of a vote
The HillDec 04 2020
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Pelosi On Why She Will Accept A Smaller Relief Bill: It’s ‘Okay Now Because We Have A New President’
Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that she would work with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pass a smaller coronavirus relief package which she deemed was now okay “because we have a new president.”
“What shifted in your opinion when the Problem Solvers Caucus had a much larger bill a few months ago?” a reporter asked Pelosi. “You did not like that piece of
The Daily WireNov 05 2021
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Biden Denies Plan For $450,000 Payments To Separated Families: 'Not Gonna Happen'
President Joe Biden dismissed a “garbage” Wall Street Journal report from last week that alleged his administration was considering paying about $450,000 to each individual separated from their family at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that the purported plan to settle several lawsuits filed against the federal government on behalf of the immigrants was not under consideration.
After a
ForbesDec 02 2020
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Biden, top Democrats swing behind bipartisan virus aid bill
President-elect Joe Biden swung behind a bipartisan COVID-19 relief effort Wednesday and his top Capitol Hill allies cut their demands for a $2 trillion-plus measure by more than half in hopes of breaking a monthslong logjam and delivering much-sought aid as the tempestuous congressional session speeds to a close.
Biden said the developing aid package “wouldn’t be the answer, but it
Associated Press Fact CheckSep 07 2014
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Obama, Congressional Leaders to Meet
Congressional leaders, returning to the Capitol next week after a five-week recess, will go to the White House on Tuesday to discuss options for combating Islamic State and other foreign-policy matters, congressional aides said Saturday.
The meeting will include Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 19 2022
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Senate braces for showdown over voting rights, filibuster rule
In a rare event, the Senate convened on Wednesday morning with all Democrats instructed to be in their seats inside the chamber as they try to move forward on voting rights legislation and on a challenge a long-standing Senate rule, efforts poised to fail without the support of a single Republican and likely even some Democrats.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that
ABC News (Online)Dec 27 2012
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Triumph of the Tea Party mindset
Two stories that might seem to contradict each other ran in the New York Times this week. One declared the Tea Party movement “significantly weakened in the wake of Novembers elections and on its way to becoming “just another political faction. The other noted that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell might be concerned about a potential 2014 primary challenge – enough to filibuster
SalonFeb 28 2020
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She Slammed Super PACs. Now Warren Is Getting $9 Million Ad Buy From One.
Just a week after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said she would accept help from a Super PAC – after it became clear she was losing the 2020 Democratic nomination – the dark-money group set up to assist her candidacy is placing a $9 million ad buy ahead of Super Tuesday.
Persist PAC, a reference to that time three years ago when Warren kept reading a rebuke of then-Attorney General
The Daily WireSep 21 2020
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GOP brushes back charges of hypocrisy in Supreme Court fight
Republicans are brushing back charges of hypocrisy as they march toward a possible vote ahead of the election that would confirm a nominee from President Trump to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.
Democrats have howled that it would be the height of hypocrisy for Republicans to confirm a Trump nominee weeks before an election after they refused to hold even a
The Hill