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WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders closed in on an agreement to provide a new tranche of coronavirus relief on Tuesday, haggling deep into the night over how to spend hundreds of billions of dollars before adjourning for the year. “Were making significant progress and I’m optimistic that we are going to be able to complete an understanding some time soon," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as he left the Capitol after a day of furious negotiating. "Were getting closer." Top lawm...

Problem Solvers Caucus Endorses New ‘Break the Gridlock’ House Rules Reforms December 15, 2020, 3:40 pm | in Problem Solvers Caucus Endorses New ‘Break the Gridlock’ House Rules Reforms Led by Rep. Taylor, Proposals Focus on Improving Effectiveness of Congress   WASHINGTON, DC — The Problem Solvers Caucus has officially endorsed two proposed changes to the rules of the U.S. House spearheaded by Congressman Van Taylor (TX-03) to make the House of Representativ...

Congressman Dusty Johnson The Problem Solvers Caucus is a bipartisan group that hopes to wake stimulus negotiations. The proposal includes another round of stimulus checks, boosted unemployment insurance, and needed aid to cities and states. South Dakotas US Representative Dusty Johnson is part of that group and joins SDPBs Lori Walsh with a look into what this is and the role he plays inside of it. Listen

WASHINGTON – After the Senate’s top Republican congratulated President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday for winning the Electoral College, some Northwest GOP lawmakers followed suit and acknowledged the Democrat’s victory while President Donald Trump continued to claim the election was rigged. In statements Tuesday, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Spokane, Central Washington Rep. Dan Newhouse and Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo acknowledged Biden’s win and promised to uphold conservative principles when...

Print Continue to article content House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pauses while speaking during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Pelosi and McConnell look to break stimulus stalemate with key meetings Top lawmakers are vowing to keep Congress in session until they pass a coronavirus relief deal, the strongest signal yet that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Nancy Pelosi may be on the verge of breaking the months-long stimulus stalemate. There w...

State Roundup: Morgan, Bowie, UMES get huge gifts; hospitals, nursing homes to get vaccines within 2 weeks Morgan State University in snow. MORGAN STATE GIVEN $40M; BOWIE, UMES TOO: The Daily Record reports that Morgan State University, Maryland’s preeminent public urban research university and the state’s largest historically Black college or university, Tuesday received a $40 million gift from noted venture philanthropist and author Mackenzie Scott, the largest single private donation ...

Copy shortlink: Minnesota Democratic congressman Dean Phillips has thrust himself into the ongoing negotiations in Washington over a federal COVID-19 stimulus package, working with a group of lawmakers in both chambers to craft their own plan in the absence of a final deal from leaders. Members of the Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group of 50 lawmakers, say theyve kept momentum going for a deal by proposing alternatives, including a $908 billion package they split...

Lawmakers Push Bipartisan US Stimulus Plan To Break Stubborn Deadlock By Chris Stein 12/14/20 AT 8:41 PM US lawmakers on Monday introduced a pair of stimulus proposals costing $908 billion that have the support of Democratic and Republican lawmakers and represent a final push to get new aid for the pandemic-ravaged economy approved before Congress heads home for the holidays. The bills would fund programs to help the unemployed, small businesses and state and local governments while offerin...

Hogan to co-chair national bipartisan group Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post Dec. 15, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks at a Dec. 10 news conference in Annapolis, Md., as Maryland Secretary of Commerce Kelly Schulz looks on.Washington Post photo by Michael Robinson Chavez. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who is trying to raise his national profile ahead of a possible 2024 White House bid, will co-chair a bipartisan political organization that is mounting a new push for c...

A man wearing a mask depicting American flags jogs past the U.S. Capitol Building on April 28, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) WASHINGTON (CN) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers Monday offered Congress a double dose of compromise to end months of gridlock over Covid-19 relief talks as the year and unemployment benefits for 12 million Americans run out. The Problem Solvers Caucus, a 50-member group made up of moderate House Democrats and Republicans, have been chipping away at the...