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Tuesday, December 29, 2020   View Larger + For the past 8 years, I’ve written a New Year’s column listing reasons for optimism (click here to see how I did last year)  This year I do the same. It remains the nature of news and opinion writing that positive developments get short shrift. As 2021 is about to begin, 5 reasons for optimism are outlined below: - The end of the Trump Presidency provides an opportunity to heal our nation’s divisions, shore up our democracy and solve the big ...

Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader, representing the state’s 5th congressional district, was one of two Democrats who voted against a bill that would increase COVID-19 relief checks from $600 to $2,000.

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A $900-billion pandemic bailout bill split the two representatives for Rim Country and the White Mountains in Congress — but also revealed the growing power of the few remaining congressional moderates. The pandemic package includes $600 for each taxpayer making less than $75,000, another 11 weeks of extended unemployment totaling $300 per week, continued coverage for gig and part-time workers, a continuation of the ban on evictions, nearly $300 billion in low-cost or forgivable loans for ...

President Trump signed the massive coronavirus relief and government spending bill Sunday, ending nearly a week of suspense that flustered governors and lawmakers of both parties.

Key Republican Says He Supports Donald Trumps Demand For $2,000 Stimulus Checks As The Hill reported, New York Rep. Tom Reed said on Sunday that he will join Democrats in voting to provide the $2,000 relief checks that Trump called for in a surprise message last week. The initial stimulus included $600 direct payments to Americans, which Trump slammed as inadequate. Some top Democrats quickly backed Trumps idea, but Republicans thwarted an effort to change the amount by a unanimous consent...

A CNN appearance with the two chairs of the Problem Solvers Caucus was interrupted by one of the congressman's dogs, who barked loudly during the segment.

Governors and lawmakers in both parties bemoaned President Trump's "switcheroo" on coronavirus relief and government funding and implored him Sunday to sign the massive bill to avert a federal shutdown and keep economic misery from billowing across the nation.

Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.), the Problem Solvers Caucus co-chairman, said Sunday that he will vote in favor of House Democrats' bill to provide the $2,000 relief checks that President Trump has demanded.

Mo Brooks disagrees with Trump on $2,000 stimulus checks Updated Dec 29, 2020; Posted Dec 28, 2020 In this March 22, 2017, file photo, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala. is interviewed on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP Facebook Share By Erik Wasson and Laura Davison Bloomberg News and Tribune Media Services The House is set to vote Monday to replace the $600 stimulus payments in the newly enacted pandemic relief law with the $2,000 President Dona...