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Fate of Trump’s $2,000 checks now rests with GOP-led Senate By Lisa Mascaro and Jill Colvin The Associated Press,Updated December 28, 2020, 9:15 p.m. Email to a Friend The US Capitol.Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks now rests with the Senate after the House voted overwhelmingly to meet the president’s demand to increase the $600 stipends, but Republicans have shown little interest in boosting ...

This Week Transcript 12-27-20: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams • 41 min read A lot left to learn following Nashville explosion ABC News Marcus Moore reports from the ground in Nashville following a Christmas Day explosion on "This Week," followed by analysis from former DHS Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Neumann.Jemal Countess/Getty Images, FILE A rush transcript of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" airing on Sunday, December 27, 2020 on A...

A group of 13 Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate on Thursday urged President Donald Trump to approve the COVID-19 relief bill.

The $900 billion bill, paired alongside a government-funding measure, was passed with veto-proof majorities in both the House and Senate. But Tuesday night, Trump attacked the package as a "disgrace" and demanded numerous changes, including making the direct payments $2,000 instead of $600. "When you raise these issues at the last minute like this, its very concerning," Reed said on "Squawk Box"before his fellow Republicans blocked a move to raise the direct payments to $2,000. "I understand th...

Fred Upton stunned by Trump pardon for ex-Michigan congressman Katherine Doyle © Provided by Washington Examiner President Trumps eleventh-hour pardon of a former Michigan congressman accused of accepting stolen funds to lobby on behalf of an alleged terrorist fundraising ring has drawn rebuke from the districts current officeholder. Republican Rep. Fred Upton said he is "beyond disappointed" and "stunned" by the pardon for Mark Siljander, who was indicted on federal charges o...

At his core, Biden is a pragmatist who has always believed in the virtues of compromise.

Trumps Stimulus Rejection Blindsiding American People, Bipartisan Caucus Leader Says On 12/24/20 at 10:34 AM EST Representative Tom Reed, the Republican leader of the Problem Solvers Caucus, implored President Donald Trump to sign a spending bill that includes $908 billion in COVID relief despite his understandable objections to the amount of money allocated for foreign countries. After months of negotiations, Congress successfully negotiated a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package and was hopef...

WASHINGTON — Congressman John Katko said the $900 billion pandemic relief package passed by the House and Senate is an example of something in short supply in the Capitol these

. WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — Everybody’s talking about bipartisanship in the Senate, but the cross-party cooperation that led to Congress on Monday passing nearly $900 billion in coronavirus relief started in the House. Any bipartisan deals formed next session could start there too, members of the House Problem Solvers Caucus say. “This in many ways could be the model for how we govern in the next Congress,” New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer, the Democratic co-chair of the Prob...

Whats Next in Second Stimulus Negotiations After Trump Bristles at $600 Checks? Newsweek 12/24/2020 Jason Lemon © Samuel Corum/Getty Dusk falls over the U.S. Capitol building on December 20 in Washington, D.C. The future of a bipartisan COVID-19 stimulus package remains uncertain after President Donald Trump expressed his opposition to the legislation. President Donald Trumps opposition to the bipartisan economic relief package passed by Congress this week has thrown a huge...