GOP congressman says ‘best stimulus’ is stripping workers of their rights
Rep. Ted Budd’s bill is a liability shield for businesses whose employees or customers become sick with the coronavirus.
By Josh Israel - February 19, 2021Rep. Ted Budd’s bill is a liability shield for businesses whose employees or customers become sick with the coronavirus.
By Josh Israel - February 19, 2021House Republican leaders want to ensure not a single GOP lawmaker votes for President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief bill.
By Emily Singer - February 19, 2021Rep. Nicole Malliotakis doesn’t support President Joe Biden’s relief bill: ‘The best relief package, quite frankly, is reopening our economy.’
By Josh Israel - February 18, 2021Sens. Tom Cotton and Mitt Romney want to pair a wage hike with an attack on undocumented workers.
By Josh Israel - February 16, 2021Florida mayors of both parties are backing President Joe Biden’s proposed relief to state and local governments.
By Josh Israel - February 15, 2021Experts say mass vaccination is needed to fight COVID-19, regardless of immigration status.
By Oliver Willis - February 12, 2021The Republican fight against President Joe Biden’s pandemic relief bill means cutting off a lot of money from Republican-led states.
By Josh Israel - February 12, 2021‘The pandemic made a bad situation worse, with women and people of color paying the price.’
By Amy Lieu - February 11, 2021Rep. Kevin Herd (R-OK) wants to ‘make America tired again’ because he’s personally opposed to unemployment benefits.
By Oliver Willis - February 10, 2021Gov. Larry Hogan now says the relief bill needs to be more ‘bipartisan.’
By Josh Israel - February 08, 2021Democrats are pressing the issue as a matter of racial justice and as COVID-19 relief.
By Associated Press - February 06, 2021The latest legislation aims to make gyms owned by marginalized groups a priority.
By Amy Lieu - February 05, 2021‘Congress has a proven track record of working together to provide relief for Americans struggling as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,’ Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) tweeted without irony.
By Donna Provencher - February 05, 2021‘The stakes could not be higher, and the cost of inaction could not be more dire,’ reads an open letter signed by nearly 1,000 American physicians.
By Donna Provencher - February 04, 2021Analysts say President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan could speed economic recovery.
By Donna Provencher - February 04, 2021‘He doesn’t care. He just wants to spend money!’ said Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) support for a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package.
By Donna Provencher - February 02, 2021Senate Republicans cry partisanship at the idea that Democrats will use the same parliamentary procedures they did.
By Josh Israel - February 02, 2021The governor of the overwhelmingly Republican state wants to work with the Biden administration.
By Oliver Willis - February 01, 2021GOP senators introduce a bill cutting the amount of proposed COVID relief to $618 billion.
By Donna Provencher - February 01, 2021‘America can’t sit on the sidelines in the race for the future,’ Biden said
By Associated Press - January 25, 2021President Joe Biden has addressed food and income insecurity as Americans continue to suffer during the pandemic.
By Donna Provencher - January 25, 2021It includes those $1,400 stimulus checks.
By Associated Press - January 15, 2021Sen. Rubio would like Joe Biden to support passing more relief checks, which Biden has already publicly supported.
By Josh Israel - January 13, 2021Nothing is certain, but Democrats, including President-elect Joe Biden, want the checks ‘out the door’ as soon as possible.
By Amy Lieu - January 09, 2021The Senate majority leader wants yet another commission to study voter fraud.
By Josh Israel - 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, 2020