Nancy Pelosi, Mnuchin near a deal, with post-election vote floated
4 years, 2 months ago

Nancy Pelosi, Mnuchin near a deal, with post-election vote floated

Hindustan Times  

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she “has a prospect for an agreement” with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on a coronavirus stimulus package, although it may not come together in time to pass both chambers before the Nov. 3 election. Pelosi later said she’s “pretty happy” about the talks, even though there are a few sticking points, like the scale of funding for state and local governments. “We’re working with Speaker Pelosi right now trying to get her to be reasonable,” Meadows said on his way into a closed GOP meeting. Timing question McConnell said Tuesday his chamber would take up a comprehensive coronavirus stimulus package “at some point” if Pelosi and Mnuchin are able to resolve the final areas of disagreement and get a bill through the House.

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Pelosi says Democrats ‘will not let this opportunity pass’ despite Manchin’s stance
3 years ago

Pelosi says Democrats ‘will not let this opportunity pass’ despite Manchin’s stance

CNN  

CNN — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi projected confidence Monday, vowing Democrats will not give up on passing the Build Back Better Act, despite Sen. Joe Manchin saying he will not vote for the package in its current form. I’m not deterred at all.” Asked if there’s any hope left for Build Back Better, Pelosi said, “We never give up,” and …

GOP blocks bill to keep government going; new try ahead
3 years, 3 months ago

GOP blocks bill to keep government going; new try ahead

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republican senators blocked a bill Monday night to keep the government operating and allow federal borrowing, but Democrats aiming to avert a shutdown pledged to try again — at the same time pressing ahead on President Joe Biden’s big plans to reshape government. The efforts are not necessarily linked, but the fiscal yearend deadline to fund the government …

Congress Faces A Week of Critical Deadlines
3 years, 3 months ago

Congress Faces A Week of Critical Deadlines

NPR  

Congress Faces A Week of Critical Deadlines Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP Top congressional Democrats worked through the weekend to untangle a snarl of competing demands from members of their own party on fiscal issues while continuing to battle Republicans over the nation's debt. Democrats are facing several critical deadlines this week: a potential …

House OKs debt and funding plan, inviting clash with GOP
3 years, 3 months ago

House OKs debt and funding plan, inviting clash with GOP

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House voted late Tuesday to keep the government funded, suspend the federal debt limit and provide disaster and refugee aid, setting up a high-stakes showdown with Republicans who oppose the package despite the risk of triggering a fiscal crisis. With lawmakers already chiseling away at the $3.5 trillion price tag of President Joe Biden’s broad “build back …

Nancy Pelosi rejects Manchin’s call for a ‘pause,’ shows little willingness to pare back $3.5 trillion bill
3 years, 4 months ago

Nancy Pelosi rejects Manchin’s call for a ‘pause,’ shows little willingness to pare back $3.5 trillion bill

CNN  

CNN — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday rebuffed a demand from Sen. Joe Manchin to take a “strategic pause” on a $3.5 trillion economic package, making clear that she was moving on an aggressive timeline to push the measure through this month and setting up a clash with moderate Democrats eager to pare back the price tag. Pressed earlier …

House passes $3.5T Biden blueprint after deal with moderates
3 years, 4 months ago

House passes $3.5T Biden blueprint after deal with moderates

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Striking a deal with moderates, House Democratic leaders have muscled President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle, ending a risky standoff and putting the party’s domestic infrastructure agenda back on track. The 220-212 vote Tuesday was a first move toward drafting Biden’s $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan this fall, and the narrow outcome, in the face …

New White House offer adds $600 checks to COVID-19 relief
4 years, 1 month ago

New White House offer adds $600 checks to COVID-19 relief

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration dove back into Capitol Hill’s confusing COVID-19 negotiations on Tuesday, offering a $916 billion package to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would send a $600 direct payment to most Americans — but eliminate a $300 per week employment benefit favored by a bipartisan group of Senate negotiators. He offered few details, though House GOP Leader …

Nancy Pelosi says Mitch McConnell agreed to attach coronavirus relief to upcoming spending bill
4 years, 1 month ago

Nancy Pelosi says Mitch McConnell agreed to attach coronavirus relief to upcoming spending bill

Salon  

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced on Friday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., had agreed to combine this year's annual omnibus spending bill with a coronavirus relief package, offering hope that stimulus for Americans economically suffering during the pandemic may be on its way. One day after the bill was first unveiled on Tuesday, Pelosi and Senate Minority …

Pelosi, Trump trade blame on Covid-19 stimulus talks
4 years, 2 months ago

Pelosi, Trump trade blame on Covid-19 stimulus talks

Live Mint  

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House traded blame for the latest stall in negotiations on a new coronavirus stimulus as pessimism built at the Capitol that anything could be accomplished before Election Day. Despite White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows telling reporters he hoped an accord could be reached “in the next day or so,” Senate …

October 21 coronavirus news
4 years, 2 months ago

October 21 coronavirus news

CNN  

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin engaged in fast-paced negotiations on Tuesday to cut a deal on a major relief package that could pass before Election Day — but Senate Republicans continued to throw cold water on any deal with the enormous price tag envisioned by …

McConnell warns White House against COVID relief deal
4 years, 2 months ago

McConnell warns White House against COVID relief deal

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Washington negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill took a modest step forward on Tuesday, though time is running out and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, President Donald Trump’s most powerful Senate ally, is pressing the White House against going forward. McConnell on Tuesday told fellow Republicans that he has warned the White House not to divide Republicans …

Nancy Pelosi should take the White House's deal for a $1.6 trillion relief bill.
55 years ago

Nancy Pelosi should take the White House's deal for a $1.6 trillion relief bill.

Slate  

It’s time for Nancy Pelosi to stop playing hardball. And now, the president seems to be feeling some regret: He’s reportedly told House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy that he once again wants a big deal, and Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin are back to discussing whether a comprehensive agreement might be possible. After all, the politics of all this …

Pelosi pushes Senate with House passage of George Floyd bill
4 years, 6 months ago

Pelosi pushes Senate with House passage of George Floyd bill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Passage of the House Democrats’ far-reaching police overhaul bill returned attention to the Senate on Friday, as the divided Congress struggles to address the global outcry over the killings of George Floyd and other Black Americans. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the only Black Republican senator, who drafted the GOP package, said Thursday that his bill is …

Next Covid stimulus already facing Hill fight as both sides draw red lines
4 years, 8 months ago

Next Covid stimulus already facing Hill fight as both sides draw red lines

CNN  

Washington CNN — Democrats and Republicans are already drawing red lines over what they hope will be included in the next round of coronavirus relief legislation, signaling there will be hard-fought negotiations to come on Capitol Hill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that he is open to considering more money to help state and local governments respond …

Pelosi promises ‘strong bipartisan vote’ for $2 trillion stimulus in the House
4 years, 9 months ago

Pelosi promises ‘strong bipartisan vote’ for $2 trillion stimulus in the House

CNN  

Washington CNN — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday predicted that the House will overwhelmingly approve the $2 trillion stimulus package with a “strong bipartisan vote” after the measure passed the Senate late Wednesday night. “I anticipate and feel certain that we will have a strong bipartisan vote,” Pelosi said, touting the changes Democrats were able to secure in the …

Senate Democrats stop GOP's "corporate bailout" one more time — can they hold firm?
4 years, 9 months ago

Senate Democrats stop GOP's "corporate bailout" one more time — can they hold firm?

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. The procedural motion on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act — which one Senate Democrat derided as a "show vote" — failed by a margin of 49-46 with just one Democrat, Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama, joining Republicans in voting yes. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who was quick to blame …

Nancy Pelosi-Steve Mnuchin relationship key to federal government’s coronavirus response
4 years, 9 months ago

Nancy Pelosi-Steve Mnuchin relationship key to federal government’s coronavirus response

CNN  

CNN — Washington’s trillion-dollar response to the coronavirus pandemic has landed in the hands of an unlikely duo who’ve managed to forge a bridge between the White House and congressional Democrats: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Pelosi and Mnuchin’s nonstop negotiations last week led to the House’s bipartisan $8.3 billion stimulus package that Trump signed off …

McConnell says Republicans ‘getting close’ to a GOP deal on $1 trillion stimulus ahead of talks with Democrats
4 years, 9 months ago

McConnell says Republicans ‘getting close’ to a GOP deal on $1 trillion stimulus ahead of talks with Democrats

CNN  

Washington CNN — Senate Republicans are racing to reach a GOP deal on a massive $1 trillion economic stimulus as the coronavirus crisis intensifies, despite facing criticism from Democrats who warn that efforts to swiftly pass a stimulus could be derailed if they are not included in negotiations now. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday said Republicans are “getting …

Stimulus checks: Mnuchin pitches GOP on $1 trillion response package that involves paying Americans directly
4 years, 9 months ago

Stimulus checks: Mnuchin pitches GOP on $1 trillion response package that involves paying Americans directly

CNN  

Washington CNN — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday pitched Republican senators on a massive economic response package amid the coronavirus crisis with a price tag that is now at a staggeringly high $1 trillion, which would include a first wave of checks to Americans that would cost $250 billion, a source familiar tells CNN. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …

Senate GOP cool to new economic stimulus measures
4 years, 10 months ago

Senate GOP cool to new economic stimulus measures

CNN  

CNN — Senate Republicans are cool to new economic stimulus proposals the Trump administration is planning to roll out as they await a briefing from top White House economic officials on potential next steps. We’re going to be meeting with House Republicans, Mitch McConnell, everybody discussing a possible payroll tax cut or relief, substantial relief,” Trump said during a press …

Pelosi and Mnuchin race the clock as the US runs out of money
5 years, 5 months ago

Pelosi and Mnuchin race the clock as the US runs out of money

CNN  

CNN — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said late Tuesday that she’s seeing “progress” in her twin budget and debt negotiations with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. According to multiple people involved or briefed on the discussions, the talks between Pelosi and Mnuchin on a budget and debt deal have been productive and are approaching a point where it’s time to either …

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