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Stimulus checks are back in the $900 billion relief package as congressional leaders near deal
The relief bill is likely to be coupled with several other major legislative efforts — from legislation to fund federal agencies to a bipartisan effort to rein in surprise medical billing — that lawmakers could then pass into law in a matter of days. Lawmakers are racing to pass a deal in part because of …
Stimulus and spending bill negotiations: Make-or-break week begins for congressional action
Congress is up against clock, which means it’s going to be a consequential and, yes, messy week on Capitol Hill. This is the week things either finally come together or they fall apart for good on the stimulus. Aides and members spent the entire weekend trying to close out outstanding issues from food stamp benefits …
221 congressional Republicans won’t say whether Biden or Trump won the election, Washington Post survey finds
Those are the findings of a Washington Post survey of all 249 Republicans in the House and Senate that began the morning after Trump posted a 46-minute video Wednesday evening in which he wrongly claimed he had defeated Biden and leveled wild and unsubstantiated allegations of “corrupt forces” who stole the outcome from the sitting …
Democrats grapple with congressional and state election losses
WASHINGTON — Heading into the election, Democrats dreamed it would go something like Star Wars, with rebel forces blowing up the Death Star and celebrating in the streets as a blue wave swept them into power in Washington and state capitals across the country. But President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory ended up looking more like the …
GOP congressional candidate declares victory in Iowa nail-biter but silent on Biden
The Iowa City Press-Citizen reported Wednesday that Miller-Meeks declined to say whether she believes Joe Biden is president-elect, and neither she nor a campaign spokesperson would explain the difference between her claimed victory and the presidential race that Trump insists is not over. Miller-Meeks is not the only Republican who has attempted to square that …
Congressional Democrats’ high hopes dashed as GOP clings to Senate majority, scores unexpected gains in the House
In the highly anticipated Senate matches, Republicans scored easier-than-expected victories in Iowa, Montana and South Carolina while establishing very large leads in Kansas and Texas. GOP incumbents held narrow but steady leads in Georgia, Maine and North Carolina. “Overall we had a better election than most people thought across the country,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch …
Health care, veterans issues take center stage in Texas Congressional District 23 debate
Although Gina Ortiz Jones and Tony Gonzales are both veterans who have served their country, they found themselves on opposite sides of the issues on Thursday night during the Texas Congressional District 23 debate at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde. The two candidates are vying for the most competitive congressional district in Texas, which …
Break up Big Tech? With congressional probe, the idea may be gaining steam
The calls to break up Big Tech are not going away. If anything, they may be growing more serious. That was the bottom line for some antitrust lawyers and other technology industry analysts who watched members of Congress spend five and a half hours Wednesday grilling major tech CEOs about monopoly power on the internet. …
Republican Tom Tiffany wins Wisconsin special congressional election
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Tom Tiffany wins Wisconsin special congressional election, riding an endorsement from President Donald Trump. A Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump has easily won a special congressional election in a heavily conservative rural Wisconsin district. Tom Tiffany’s win Tuesday over Democrat Tricia Zunker comes in the second election held in …
Environmental Groups Condemn Congressional Candidate Carrick Flynn’s Comments on Spotted Owls, Timber Unity
After multiple environmental groups condemned Democratic congressional candidate Carrick Flynn’s remarks in which he expressed emotional sympathy for Timber Unity and criticized the impact of listing the northern spotted owl as endangered, his campaign tried to backtrack last week. His spokespeople said Flynn had misspoken. In his own comments to WW on May 1, Flynn …