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Live Updates: Republicans Push for Biden to Shrink Infrastructure Plans President Biden will meet this week with Republican senators on his infrastructure ambitions, which the senators want him to scale back and pay for without tax increases. Administration officials see some opportunities for compromise. RIGHT NOW Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia is among the Republicans who will meet with President Biden this week.Credit...Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times President Biden will engage Senate Republicans in further discussions this week as both sides seek a bipartisan compro...

Inspector general for pandemic relief funds warns of oversight breakdown Access to information curtailed in final months of Trump administration.  By Alan Rappeport Text size Copy shortlink: Washington – A breakdown in the oversight of trillions of dollars of economic relief money spilled into public view Friday night when the Treasury Department's special inspector general for pandemic recovery said in a report that his powers to scrutinize funds had been curtailed this week after a decision by the Justice Department's Office of Legal ...

Pandemic Inspector General Warns of Oversight Breakdown An internal dispute at the Treasury Department shows the challenge of tracking trillions of dollars of economic relief money. Brian D. Miller, the special inspector general for pandemic recovery, at his confirmation hearing last May.Credit...Pool photo by Salwan Georges May 1, 2021, 12:12 a.m. ET WASHINGTON — A breakdown in the oversight of trillions of dollars of economic relief money spilled into public view on Friday night when the Treasury Department’s special inspector general for pandemic recovery said in a report that his powe...

Biden Justice Department Strips Stimulus Watchdog of Power Bloomberg 5 hrs ago © Bloomberg House Democrats, Biden At Odds Over Enhanced Child Tax Credit (Bloomberg) -- The leader of a federal agency overseeing federal stimulus programs said Friday that Treasury Department officials had resisted his attempts to investigate fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program, resulting in the Justice Department resolving the dispute by stripping the agency of its jurisdiction. As a result, the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery said he would have to “stand down” on investigating some...

  A watchdog seeking to provide oversight of trillions of dollars in coronavirus spending and other relief has blasted a new Justice Department memo while calling on Congress to clarify his oversight mandate. Brian Miller, the Treasury Department’s special inspector general for pandemic recovery, said Friday that a decision this week by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has “permanently reduced oversight” of specific relief programs implemented during the coronavirus pandemic. Miller in his quarterly report to Congress warned his efforts have been limited afte...