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Bailey seems the most special of the special Rep. Miller’s alma mater and one of the largest employers in her district just issued a statement condemning her comments. I will give money to their primary challengers. I will give money to their general election challengers. The disingenuous hand-wringing from the various bad-faith actors who have continued to facilitate, encourage, and endorse those who have been pushing us in this direction need to be called out. What happened yesterday wasn�...

Unemployment benefits stay at 20 weeks following Whitmer veto and last updated 2021-01-05 22:43:54-05 LANSING, Mich. — If you’re new to filing for unemployment benefits in Michigan, you will only be allowed to claim for 20 weeks this year instead of 26. But one lawmaker tells FOX 17 that decision is hurting the unemployed and businesses Whitmer shut down during the pandemic. “Well it certainly is my hope that we stand up for the hardworking Michiganders and see that extension of ...

Created: December 28, 2020 09:13 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a bill Tuesday that would increase COVID stimulus payments to $2,000.  Democrats are asking the President to help them get this done before the new year.  "Its hard to imagine the Senate moving forward with that, especially since the President signed the original bill, right? So everyones got what they wanted originally,” said political science expert Lonna Atkeson.  "Does this put R...

Their efforts were rewarded Sunday night when the president signed the $900 billion emergency relief package and government funding authorization.

Collins, King among bipartisan group that urged Trump to sign COVID-19 relief bill Their efforts were rewarded Sunday night when the president signed the $900 billion emergency relief package and government funding authorization. Share Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King of Maine were among a bipartisan group of congressional leaders who had pleaded with President Trump for days to sign a $900 billion COVID-19 emergency relief package for unemployed Americans, renters and struggling small busin...

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...

The bill provides help to small businesses and contains a host of other provisions, including:  $600 direct payments to most individuals, including children; $13 billion in increased Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and child nutrition benefits to help relieve the historic hunger crisis that has left up to 17 million children food insecure; $25 billion in rental assistance and an extended eviction moratorium to help ensure people can stay in their homes for the duration of th...

Four and a half months ago, South Dakota’s Republican congressman sent a text message to a liberal counterpart from Minneapolis about the months-long stalemate festering in Washington, D.C., over another economic stimulus. In the days that followed, Dusty Johnson and U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips got to work on crafting legislation that proved to be the framework for a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that cleared final hurdles in the House and Senate on Monday night. And the unlikely partne...

How moonshine, multi-hour Zooms and a deadly pandemic pushed Congress to approve new stimulus Jeff Stein, Mike DeBonis © Al Drago/For The Washington Post Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin (D-Va.) speak during a news conference on Monday. (Al Drago for The Washington Post) As President Trump unleashed a barrage of tweets Wednesday to declare Fox News Channel “dead” and proclaim “Massive FRAUD” in the 2020 presidential election, some o...