It’s all hands on deck in Georgia with just one week until two runoff elections that will determine the fate of the Senate and President-elect Joe Biden’s first two years in office. Politicians and political strategists, meanwhile, worry that an ongoing debate over stimulus checks will be a determining factor in the two races between […]
A $900 billion stimulus bill passed into law on Sunday will, along with other programs, provide extended and enhanced unemployment benefits to millions of Americans. But leading up to the bill’s passage, state agencies and labor experts believed that President Donald Trump’s delay in signing the bill would create a one-week gap in benefits for […]
President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks now rests with the Senate after the House voted overwhelmingly to meet the president’s demand to increase the $600 stipends, but Republicans have shown little interest in boosting spending. The outcome is highly uncertain heading into Tuesday’s session. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has declined to […]
Enlarge (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The House of Representatives has voted to override Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a vote of 322 to 87 votes—easily exceeding the required two-thirds vote. The measure now goes to the Senate, where it must also pass by a two-to-one margin to overcome Trump’s […]
President Donald Trump on Sunday backed off his veto threat and signed the $900 billion stimulus bill—a move that should immediately benefit millions of unemployed Americans, even if its $600 checks have been roundly criticized as insufficient relief for the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. For starters, the package will bring back weekly […]
President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals. A congressional Republican aide tells The Associated Press that the president has signed the measure. The aide was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and requested anonymity. The massive bill includes $1.4 trillion to […]
President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals. A congressional Republican aide tells The Associated Press that the president has signed the measure. The aide was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and requested anonymity. The massive bill includes $1.4 trillion to […]
President Donald Trump appeared no closer to signing an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill Sunday as unemployment aid expired, the government barrels toward a mid-pandemic shutdown, and lawmakers implored him to break the impasse he created after Congress approved the deal. The fate of the bipartisan package remained in limbo after Trump blindsided members […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Expanded unemployment benefits have lapsed for millions of Americans because President Trump hasn’t signed a bipartisan $900 billion coronavirus relief package sent to his desk this week. The legislation would add $300 per week in […]
The made-for-TV battle arrived since the Democratic-controlled chamber trying to get a pro forma session scheduled in expectation of a sleek Washington landing for its enormous, yearlong legislative bundle, which folds with a $1.4 trillion governmentwide spending together with all an hard-fought COVID-19 bundle and heaps of unrelated although bipartisan bills. Rather, Thursday’s odd 12-minute […]