A massive funding package to combat the impact of coronavirus did not get enough votes in a key Senate procedural vote Sunday evening. The stalemate came hours after Democratic leaders warned that the bill did too much to bail out companies and not enough to help workers. Stock futures cratered as the two parties failed to […]
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Restaurant industry asks for $145 billion recovery fund from the government
Patrons eat at Tom’s Restaurant in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn on March 16, 2020 in New York City. Victor J. Blue | Getty Images The National Restaurant Association is asking the federal government for financial relief for the industry as it forecasts sales declines of $225 billion over the next three months due […]
Senate has yet to receive final draft of coronavirus relief bill passed by the House
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters following the Senate Republican policy luncheon which both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence attended on March 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum | Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he has yet to receive a final draft of the coronavirus relief […]
Trump pressures Congress to approve payroll tax cut for rest of year
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 11 : President Donald J. Trump meets with bank CEOs about Coronavirus COVID-19 response in the Cabinet Room at the White House on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. The Washington Post WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pressed Congress on Friday to include a nine-month payroll tax holiday in the […]
Trump signs $8.3 billion emergency coronavirus spending package
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday signed a sweeping spending bill to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, pumping billions of dollars into prevention efforts and research in hopes of quickly producing a vaccine for the deadly disease. Trump signed the bill on the same day worldwide cases surpassed 100,000 Lawmakers had worked through […]
Top moments and highlights from Trump speech
President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2020. Leah Millis | Reuters In the chamber where he was impeached, President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered his third State of the Union […]
Senate votes against calling witnesses in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON – A razor-thin majority of Senate Republicans on Friday voted against a Democratic proposal to admit additional witnesses and documents into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. The final tally was 51 votes against the motion, and 49 in favor. The vote dashed Democrats’ hopes of hearing testimony from former Trump national security advisor John […]
Dems use Republicans’ own words against them
Democratic impeachment managers pushing the Senate to take away President Donald Trump from workplace laid out a sprawling argument Thursday that he had abused his energy. On their second day of opening statements, the seven House Democrats, led by Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., zeroed in on the primary of two articles of […]
