Stimulus Vote Sunday, Negotiators are down to a handful of remaining issues as they seek to finalize an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package Saturday, still optimistic the overdue talks would soon produce an …
This week could be a make-or-break moment for a stalled stimulus package, as lawmakers scramble to dole out emergency relief ahead of the holidays. Congressional leaders are trying to cobble together a deal that could …
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday reiterated her hard-line demand for a $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package, snapping at a reporter who asked why she would not support a smaller bipartisan bill introduced earlier in the week. “Just go read …
Read morePelosi snaps at reporter who asks about smaller coronavirus relief bill
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will testify before the Senate Banking Committee on coronavirus relief, the committee said in a statement on Monday. The White House and congressional Democrats …
Read moreMnuchin coronavirus stimulus talks stalled as White House seeks to pressure Pelosi
President Donald Trump is willing to sign a $1.3 trillion coronavirus relief bill, a top aide said on Friday, but Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the sum was not enough to meet …
Read moreWH suggests $1.3 trillion coronavirus aid bill; Pelosi, Democrats say not enough
Pat Buchanan, “When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” This was the nightmare of Ben Franklin. Yet, with passage this spring of a $4 trillion …
Senate negotiators will return to work on Sunday after failing to reach a bipartisan agreement “in principle” Saturday evening on a massive stimulus package, despite reporting significant areas of consensus. Lawmakers had hoped to finalize …
Read moreSticking points force stimulus package talks to spill into Sunday