Author: SUSAN FERRECHIO Washington Examiner
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House aims to pass Biden’s COVID spending bill this month
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House Democrats said they plan to pass President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package by late February, clearing the way for Senate consideration ahead of a March deadline, when federal unemployment runs out. “Next week, we will be writing the legislation to create a path to final passage for the Biden American Rescue Plan, so…
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House passes budget, setting up COVID-19 aid bill
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The House approved a Senate budget resolution on Friday, kicking off the process of passing President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package. Top House Democrats ahead of the vote met with Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and “discussed how this legislation meets the needs of the American people,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat.…
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House Democrats meet with Biden on COVID-19 aid after Senate passes key budget measure
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The Senate early Friday passed a budget resolution that will clear the way for circumventing Republican opposition to a large COVID-19 aid measure. The House plans to pass the Senate’s budget plan on Friday. It includes language that will allow the Senate to pass coronavirus aid with 51 votes rather than the usual 60 votes.…
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Democrats advance key budget measure, paving way to pass COVID-19 deal without GOP
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Senate Democrats advanced a key budget resolution Tuesday that paves the way for speedy and unilateral passage of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package. Democrats passed the resolution 50-49. The measure replicates a proposal sent to Congress from President Biden, providing $1.9 trillion in new aid. It includes instructions for House and Senate lawmakers to craft…
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House hands Trump first veto override on critical defense measure
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The House voted to override President Trump’s veto of a $740 billion defense spending and policy bill that he hoped would include language stripping Big Tech lawsuit liability protections. The veto override now heads to the Senate, where Trump likely faces a similar defeat as early as Tuesday. It would be the first time in…
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‘Let’s do it’: Pelosi calls Trump’s bluff on $2,000 stimulus checks
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded to President Trump’s threat to veto a spending bill by agreeing with his call for $2,000 stimulus checks and offering to pass a measure this week in the House. “Republicans repeatedly refused to say what amount the President wanted for direct checks,” Pelosi tweeted Tuesday night. “At last, the President has…
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Trump and Congress to face off next week over defense policy bill
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President Trump faces the only likely veto override of his presidency next week when the House and Senate are poised to pass a defense policy bill without language that would punish social media giants. Trump wants the National Defense Authorization Act to include a provision stripping lawsuit liability protection from websites and social media platforms…
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Senate passes new $484 billion coronavirus rescue package
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The Senate Tuesday passed a new small business and hospital aid package worth more than $480 billion that is aimed at addressing the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The measure passed after an hour of debate and a voice vote, which does not require lawmakers to take a roll call vote. Congress is in recess…
