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How congressional offices have assisted New Yorkers during coronavirus pandemic
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1of5Buy PhotoU.S. Representative Paul Tonko speaks with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand after they stood at Albany City Hall to call for legislation to provide local governments with direct federal relief that can be used to pay for essential services, offset lost revenues and increased costs from the COVID-19 emergency on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of5Buy PhotoSenator Charles Schumer speaks at a press conference at Field Goods on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Athens, N.Y. Senator Schumer held the event to call for a second round of PPP to help small businesses. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Trump upends GOP’s renewed focus on deficits, splitting party with push for $2,000 checks Toluse Olorunnipa
Replay Video UP NEXT Just as Republicans were rediscovering their fixation with the national debt in the wake of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, President Trump scrambled the political calculus by calling on the government to write $2,000 checks to more than 150 million Americans. The result has been a rapidly shifting realignment in Republican ideology. GOP officials just last week grudgingly signed off on $600 stimulus checks, tailored to meet their demand to keep the cost of a massive pandemic relief package under $1 trillion. Now, many have rushed to support the larger checks, which would add hundreds of billions of dollars to the nation’s credit card.