December 20, 2020
Dear Democratic Colleague,
As we come together today, more than 315,000 Americans have tragically died from the coronavirus. Every day, the pandemic exacts a toll almost beyond human comprehension.
Late last night, Leader Schumer negotiated a solution to the Toomey provision, which was a radical, unacceptable poison pill designed to hamstring our nation’s response to the historic economic crisis of the coronavirus and any future economic crisis.
We have now reached agreement on a bill that will crush the virus and put money in the pockets of working families who are struggling. The provisions that Democrats secured in this package include:
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December 20, 2020 Press Release
Washington, D.C. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) issued the following statement after reaching agreement on coronavirus relief and omnibus package:
“Today, we have reached agreement with Republicans and the White House on an emergency coronavirus relief and omnibus package that delivers urgently needed funds to save the lives and livelihoods of the American people as the virus accelerates.
“We are going to crush the virus and put money in the pockets of the American people. As part of the agreement, Democrats have secured provisions that include:
Accelerating vaccine distribution and crushing the coronavirus: The bipartisan COVID relief package finally recognizes that we cannot get our economy working unless we can get the coronavirus under control. The package provides billions in urgently need funds to accelerate the free and equitable distribution of safe vaccines to as
December 18, 2020 By Waterways Journal
The latest version of the Water Resources Development Act is heading toward probable passage in the Senate, possibly as part of a larger appropriations bill. Capitol Hill sources say the House and Senate versions of the WRDA weren’t formally reconciled in a conference committee, but with another, less-used reconciliation procedure. There were reportedly last-minute ongoing negotiations about the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.
According to the fact sheet posted by the staff of the House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, WRDA 2020 authorizes the construction of all 46 pending Corps Chief’s Reports received since the enactment of WRDA 2018. Chief’s Reports are the final recommendations to Congress by the Chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on rigorously studied water resources infrastructure priorities.