NEW YORK — The government’s paycheck protection loan program for small businesses is on hold. The Small Business Administration said Thursday that it reached the $349 billion lending limit for the program. Thousands of small […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that health care must be at the “top of the list” in the next coronavirus rescue package. The Republican leader said Congress should focus on […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate passed a mammoth $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented response amid record new jobless claims […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tensions flared Monday as Washington strained to respond to the worsening coronavirus outbreak, with Congress arguing over a nearly $2 trillion economic rescue package and an impatient President Donald Trump musing openly […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed direct payments of $1,200 per person and $2,400 for couples as part of a sweeping Republican response to the coronavirus outbreak, according to a copy of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Senate departed for a five-week recess last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hailed the chamber’s accomplishments, including a hard-won budget deal that staves off a possible government shutdown. But […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump stepped up an attack on his own party’s Senate leader on Thursday, taking out his frustration over Republicans’ failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on a veteran […]
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