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Gottheimer’s key role in stimulus deal | Moran Updated Dec 22, 2020; Posted Dec 22, 2020 U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer is co-chairman of the Problem Solvers Caucus, a centrist group that seeks to find bipartisan compromises. Steve Hockstein | For NJ Advance Media Facebook Share Rep. Josh Gottheimer has served just two terms in Congress, which means he doesn’t have a chairmanship, or a spacious office with a view, and that he drives himself back and forth to Washington. But he just play...

Jacquelyn Martin/AP toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus — co-chairs Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., at lectern, and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., to his right — took credit for helping to break the logjam on an emergency COVID-19 relief bill. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Updated Tuesday at 11:40 a.m. ET The Senate acted swiftly Monday night, in a 92-6 vote, to approve more than $900 billion for coronavirus assistance, sho...

Massive COVID relief and $1.4T government funding package sails through Congress, heads to Trump for signing michael mcauliff WASHINGTON — Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night, finally acting to aid struggling Americans after months of bitter infighting and delay. The 5,593-page legislation includes $1.4 trillion to keep the federal government up and running, and nearly $892 billion in funding to shore up an economy battered by the surging corona...

When the moderates introduced their plan, the top Democrats saw their opportunity. They quickly embraced it as the easiest vehicle for jump-starting negotiations. It was a major shift for the leaders, who had rejected Trump administration proposals twice as large, refusing to budge as the election approached even as they privately conceded that there was little momentum for a deal. During one call in late September, Ms. Pelosi had told Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that she had spent a slee...

Representative Salud Carbajal. –This week, Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) voted to pass a bipartisan COVID-19 relief package. The relief package passed as part of the FY21 Appropriations Package, which funds the government through October 2021. The bill passed the House by a vote of 359 to 53. “Each day, more businesses on the Central Coast and across the country are forced to close and lay off their workers. Families are facing eviction and food insecurity, kids are falling behind i...

How a pasta dinner and Zoom chats rescued the COVID-19 relief bill and led to a $900 billion deal Nicholas Wu and Ledyard King, USA TODAY Congress agrees on $900 billion COVID relief bill Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON – The deal aimed at helping Americans weather the fallout from COVID-19s relentless winter was hatched at a small gathering fueled by pasta.  In late November, Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski hosted a dinner at her home that included Sens. Susan Collins...

Massive COVID relief and $1.4T government funding package sails through Congress, heads to Trump for signing michael mcauliff WASHINGTON — Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night, finally acting to aid struggling Americans after months of bitter infighting and delay. The 5,593-page legislation includes $1.4 trillion to keep the federal government up and running, and nearly $892 billion in funding to shore up an economy battered by the surging corona...

What is in the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill Naomi Jagoda,Niv Elis and Alexander Bolton © Greg Nash What is in the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill Lawmakers late on Sunday released a long-awaited $900 billion coronavirus relief bill that is expected to be passed by Congress on Monday and signed into law by President Trump. The relief package will be combined with a $1.4 trillion measure to fund federal agencies through the end of September and a package extending ...

More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Harder Offers Statement On Stimulus Deal Congressman Josh Harder Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) released a statement after Congressional Leadership struck a final stimulus deal to support Americans struggling through the pandemic. The bipartisan compromise package will provide another round of economic ...

Sometimes law-making in Congress seems as easy as boiling water. You fill the pot, turn on the gas and calmly wait a few minutes for the bubbles.  That’s not what happened with the $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that was patched together over the weekend by congressional bipartisan leaders such as Rep. Josh Gottheimer, the Wyckoff, New Jersey, Democrat and co-chair of the House Problem Solvers Caucus. This bill was more like making sausage. In short, the process was messy. The final ...