It’s been 44 days since President Joe Biden was sworn into office, and yet millions of Americans are still waiting for him to make good on his promise of sending out a third round of stimulus checks. The $1.9 trillion relief package that will authorize $1,400 stimulus checks finally passed the House over the weekend, …
When the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package passed the House over the weekend, it cleared one of three massive legislative hurdles that it will need to clear before it reaches President Joe Biden’s desk. That’s the good news, but the bad news is that the next hurdle is the highest of them all, as all …
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill was passed by the House over the weekend, and will now make its way to the Senate for amendments and a floor vote. The Senate will strip the $15 minimum wage increase from the bill, but the rest of the relief package will stay intact with $1,400 …
Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are expected to win the Senate runoff races in Georgia against incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. Democrats are now poised to take control of the Senate, and one of the last things that Mitch McConnell did as Majority Leader was to repeatedly block $2,000 stimulus checks. Effectively, McConnell …
Democratic and Republican Senators have reached an agreement on a new $908 billion stimulus package that will provide vital assistance for Americans through the winter. The stimulus bill includes $300 a week in unemployment benefits, $240 billion for state and local governments, and $300 billion for the PPP, but no new stimulus checks. The bipartisan …
More stimulus checks aren’t coming before the November election, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved to adjourn the Senate on Monday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had been trying to make a deal before the election, but they couldn’t agree on the details. Senate Republicans had said from the beginning …
A new stimulus package with another round of $1,200 stimulus checks is extremely popular, but Democrats and Republicans can’t manage to put together a stimulus plan they all agree on. Recent reports suggest that Nancy Pelosi and Steven Mnuchin are closer to reaching a deal, but Mitch McConnell has told the White House to hold …
The latest stimulus update is rather intriguing, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff said this week that President Trump himself will speak to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell if the House Democrats and the White House can strike a deal on a new package. McConnell has repeatedly indicated that Senate Republicans are …
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that a new stimulus bill will be the “first order of business” when the Senate comes back into session on October 19th. The $500 billion relief package is said to include new funding for the PPP, funding for schools, a boost to unemployment insurance, and liability protection for businesses. …
Trump’s White House proposed a $1.8 trillion stimulus package this weekend, but House Democrats and Senate Republicans both took issue with its contents. Democrats say that the bill doesn’t provide enough funds for testing, tracing, and treatment of COVID-19, while Republicans say the price tag is still too high. At this rate, it is looking …
