9 things Senate Republicans did in 2020 instead of fight the pandemic
At least they cracked down on drug schemes by sports teams.
By Donna Provencher - December 31, 2020At least they cracked down on drug schemes by sports teams.
By Donna Provencher - December 31, 2020The 41-year-old father of two died just days before he was set to be sworn into office.
By Associated Press - December 30, 2020According to the CDC’s data tracker, only 2.1 million Americans have received the first round of the vaccine.
By Donna Provencher - December 29, 2020Loeffler shifted her position just hours after House Democrats passed increased stimulus funds, as Trump had demanded.
By Oliver Willis - December 29, 2020Both Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs and Sen. Marco Rubio are lashing out at infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci for delivering news they don’t want to hear.
By Donna Provencher - December 28, 2020Trump signed into law $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill.
By Associated Press - December 28, 2020He golfed and complained — and millions of Americans lost much-needed benefits.
By Josh Israel - December 28, 2020There have been some real head-shakers.
By Donna Provencher - December 26, 2020Thousands of tweets and lies later, Trump will officially be booted from the White House at noon on Jan. 20.
By Emily Singer - December 24, 2020‘All of the guards, all of health care workers, all of the individuals that go in and out of prison are spreading it in society,’ said a criminal justice reform advocate.
By Donna Provencher - December 23, 2020Guests at a recent Republican function danced in a conga line without masks.
By Amy Lieu - December 23, 2020Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) is running on her 100% support for Trump, but isn’t for his latest idea to help struggling Americans.
By Josh Israel - December 23, 2020Trump could stall a new spending bill — and the attached coronavirus relief package — over foreign aid money he himself asked for.
By Emily Singer - December 23, 2020Trump’s final acts include pardoning his friends and war criminals, as well as defunding the military.
By Emily Singer - December 23, 2020Senate Republicans will have to choose between supporting Trump and opposing larger relief checks.
By Emily Singer - December 23, 2020‘I didn’t hear Sen. Paul worry about the deficit when he voted to give $1 trillion in tax breaks to the top 1% & large corporations,’ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) tweeted.
By Donna Provencher - December 22, 2020If a Tennessee county commission’s ordinance passes in January, the local board of health will no longer be able to set health-related regulations.
By Amy Lieu - December 22, 2020Just weeks ago, she claimed not to have a ‘racist bone’ in her body.
By Josh Israel - December 22, 2020Multiple polls show that most Republicans thought relief payments should be much bigger than $600.
By Amy Lieu - December 22, 2020After giving up on including a corporate liability shield in the latest COVID-19 relief bill, Sen. Mitch McConnell says he’ll work to get one next year.
By Josh Israel - December 22, 2020Myths persist on social media, months into the pandemic.
By Associated Press - December 21, 2020The Florida Republican cited the ‘ongoing public health emergency’ to utilize a House rule allowing another member to cast a vote for him on the House floor.
By Emily Singer - December 21, 2020The poll also found that 38% of LGBTQ households said they couldn’t access or had delayed access to medical care.
By Casey Quinlan - December 21, 2020The administration worked overtime to block scientific reports about the coronavirus that could have helped stop the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
By Emily Singer - December 21, 2020Americans will receive a second smaller round of direct payments and renters will get some assistance with evictions, among other things.
By Associated Press - December 21, 2020Trump’s aides say he will receive the vaccine ‘when the time is right,’ even as his own allies get vaccinated.
By Associated Press - December 21, 2020The Republican congressman strongly opposed allowing proxy voting in the House of Representatives, but he’s doing it himself.
By Josh Israel - December 18, 2020Sen. Ron Johnson complained that stimulus checks would be ‘mortgaging our children’s future.’
By Amy Lieu - December 18, 2020From trying to hamstring Biden’s ability to manage the economic recovery, to saddling him with last-minute Trump nominees, Republicans want to make Biden fail.
By Emily Singer - December 18, 2020The Wisconsin Republican says $900 billion is too much to waste on pandemic relief.
By Josh Israel - December 18, 2020