Congress sends Covid package and spending measure to Trump

COVID-19 News

Congress sends Covid package and spending measure to Trump

Trump vetoing the spending bill, which passed both chambers by overwhelming margins, could mean a potential government shutdown. Without a presidential signature, government funding will run out on Monday night.…

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Trump delays signing of $900 billion COVID-19 relief package

President Trump has not yet signed the bipartisan $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief bill passed by Congress. He says he wants the individual stimulus checks to be larger, something Democrats…

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Coronavirus Iowa

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds calls on Congress to pass coronavirus relief package for states

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said during her Tuesday news conference that the state does not have the capacity on its own to provide the relief Iowans need. Source link

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Coronavirus Maryland

Suspicious package found at Walter Reed Medical Center

Police in Maryland are investigating an abandoned backpack found near Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as a suspicious package. An abandoned backpack found near Walter Reed National Military Medical…

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COVID-19 News

Coronavirus updates: 1M deaths worldwide; Democrats' $2.2 trillion relief package appears doomed; Navajo Nation reports zero deaths

House Democrats introduced a COVID-19 bill that is unlikely to pass Senate. The Navajo Nation reported 22 new cases, zero deaths. Latest updates. Source link

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COVID-19 News

Frustrated lawmakers draft their own pandemic aid package

The House group — which includes roughly four dozen members, evenly split between Republicans and Democrats — voted to endorse the bill earlier this week, as frustrations at the delay…

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COVID-19 News

Senate Republicans to introduce smaller Covid package that includes billions for Postal Service

With no national strategy for Covid-19 testing, several governors are joining forces to create their own. We give an inside look at the coalition — and how it hopes to…

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COVID-19 News

Intel Dems press Nunes for details on anti-Biden package from Ukrainian official

“Does the ranking member wish to respond?” asked House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). “No,” Nunes replied. Maloney responded by suggesting that Nunes’s refusal to answer “speaks volumes” and…

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Global COVID-19

Senate’s Covid-19 package tees up fight over Medicaid funding, hospital bailout

Testing funding makes it in More dollars for coronavirus testing had appeared in jeopardy after the White House pushed Republicans to zero out funding. But as testing delays grew, Republicans…

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Global COVID-19

‘Surprise’ billing fix likely out of next Covid-19 package as fight over tests plays out

A senior Democratic aide said House Democrats spent the last month trying to patch up intraparty differences over how to shield patients from sometimes staggering out-of-network charges — typically from…

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