Stimulus Package Update: While Politicians Negotiate, Economic Damage Continues
With negotiations on a second round of stimulus ongoing, the chance of a package that can pass both the House and Senate seems remote.
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With negotiations on a second round of stimulus ongoing, the chance of a package that can pass both the House and Senate seems remote.
House Democrats and the Trump administration agreeing on stimulus terms isn't even the biggest obstacle to a stimulus package.
McConnell told Senate Republicans Tuesday that he urged the White House against making a deal on a large coronavirus stimulus bill ahead of the election, a source familiar confirmed to CBS News.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a deal must be reached by Tuesday if a stimulus package is to pass by election day.
A second stimulus package remains a possibility, but can struggling Americans wait for Washington to come together on a plan?
With stimulus negotiations resuming, a second round of stimulus checks is once again a possibility, though timing remains unclear.
While President Trump derailed stimulus package discussions earlier this week, the possibility of a stimulus check remains alive.
House and Senate leaders traded heated accusations the day after the vote to impeach President Trump, setting the stage for a Senate impeachment trial in the new year.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the time has come to draft articles of impeachment against President Trump, following testimony from four constitutional scholars on Wednesday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refuted Republicans' claims that President Trump has not had the opportunity for due process in the impeachment inquiry.
President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today in New York, a day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi formally initiated the impeachment process.
Democrats in Congress appear to have reached a breaking point over the Trump administration's refusal to hand over a whistleblower complaint and information related to other investigations.
The infrastructure meeting with the president and top Democrats lasted only a few minutes, according to a person familiar with the meeting and a White House official.
Political analysts say de Blasio has dropped the responsibilities he was re-elected to handle, to the detriment of all New Yorkers.
The measure was introduced in the House of Representatives last week.
The Red Flag Bill would prevent people who show signs of being a threat to themselves or others from purchasing or possessing firearms.
In her weekly news conference Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed the ongoing negotiations over border security, making it clear that she still opposes a wall.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told President Trump on Wednesday she won't allow a concurrent resolution authorizing his State of the Union address to come to the floor.
The 116th Congress was seated Thursday, with Democrats taking the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives after eight years out of power.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi say New York's eight Republican members of Congress must be defeated in 2018.
Congress has sent President Donald Trump legislation that would kill an online privacy regulation, a move that could eventually allow internet providers such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon to sell the browsing habits of their customers.
Sessions faced mounting calls to recuse himself or to resign following allegations that he was in contact with Russia's ambassador to the United States during the 2016 campaign, which he called "totally false."
Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to continue his efforts to promote his paid family leave initiative at a rally in Manhattan Thursday morning.
House Speaker John Boehner called Rep. Michael Grimm's announcement that he will be resigning from Congress after pleading guilty to tax evasion "the honorable decision."
When asked whether NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell should resign over the way his office handled the incident, the Democrat sidestepped the question.
