Pelosi urges Trump to ‘ask for directions’ on virus crisis
4 years, 5 months ago

Pelosi urges Trump to ‘ask for directions’ on virus crisis

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday compared President Donald Trump to “the man who refuses to ask for directions” as she pleaded with the White House to seek input from the nation’s scientific leaders to reverse the rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths. “If we don’t invest the money now, it will be much worse.” Both the House and Senate have similar priorities: help schools reopen, provide unemployment benefits for jobless Americans and ramp up testing, treatment and a vaccine. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer suggests shifting $350 billion in untapped Treasury Department virus funds to help Black Americans and other people of color during the pandemic and beyond. Pelosi’s bill provides $75 billion more for virus testing and contact tracing, with directives to the federal government to set up a national testing program.

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End of COVID funds? House eyes $15.6-billion plan, but outlook is dim
2 years, 9 months ago

End of COVID funds? House eyes $15.6-billion plan, but outlook is dim

LA Times  

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gives her weekly news conference Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the turn of events “heartbreaking.” The idea had been to add President Biden’s request for new virus aid to the massive $1.5-trillion spending bill, a must-pass measure needed by week’s end to keep the federal government operating through …

Schumer: Democrats must pass virus aid with or without GOP
3 years, 11 months ago

Schumer: Democrats must pass virus aid with or without GOP

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that Democrats are …

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 …

House Democrats pass partisan COVID bill; relief talks drag
4 years, 3 months ago

House Democrats pass partisan COVID bill; relief talks drag

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democrats controlling the House narrowly passed a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Thursday night, a move that came as top-level talks on a smaller, potentially bipartisan measure dragged on toward an uncertain finish. “We raised our offer to $1.6 trillion,” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters Thursday. “It’s one that she is is not interested in.” …

Pelosi: House to stay in session until COVID-19 rescue pact
4 years, 3 months ago

Pelosi: House to stay in session until COVID-19 rescue pact

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday the House will remain in session until lawmakers deliver another round of COVID-19 relief, a move that came as Democrats from swing districts signaled discontent with a standoff that could force them to face voters without delivering more aid. Pelosi’s comments came as moderate Democrats, many from areas won by President Donald Trump …

GOP proposes ‘targeted’ virus aid, but Dems say not enough
4 years, 4 months ago

GOP proposes ‘targeted’ virus aid, but Dems say not enough

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate prepared to vote this week on a trimmed-down Republican coronavirus relief package, though it only has a slim chance of passage in the face of Democrats’ insistence for more sweeping aid. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the approximately $500 billion measure on Tuesday as senators returned to Washington for an abbreviated pre-election session, but hopes …

White House, GOP agree on virus testing in new aid bill
4 years, 5 months ago

White House, GOP agree on virus testing in new aid bill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans and the White House reached tentative agreement for more testing funds in the next COVID-19 relief package, but deep disagreements over the scope of the $1 trillion in federal aid remain ahead of Thursday’s expected roll out. Democrats, who already approved House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s more sweeping $3 trillion package two months ago, said time is …

AP Interview: Pelosi: Americans ‘worth it’ on $3T virus aid
4 years, 7 months ago

AP Interview: Pelosi: Americans ‘worth it’ on $3T virus aid

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday defended the stunning $3 trillion price tag on Democrats’ pandemic relief package as what is needed to confront the “villainous virus” and economic collapse. Trump has insisted any future coronavirus aid “must prioritize Americans’ health and the nation’s economic prosperity,” said White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany in a tweet. As the …

Pelosi unveils $3T virus bill, warns inaction costs more
4 years, 7 months ago

Pelosi unveils $3T virus bill, warns inaction costs more

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package Tuesday, a sweeping effort with $1 trillion for states and cities, “hazard pay” for essential workers and a new round of cash payments to individuals. Lines drawn, the latest pandemic response from Congress will test the House and Senate — and President Donald Trump — …

Pelosi pushes new virus package as McConnell hits ‘pause’
4 years, 8 months ago

Pelosi pushes new virus package as McConnell hits ‘pause’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed ahead Tuesday with the next coronavirus aid, a sweeping package that is expected to be unveiled soon even as the House stays closed while the Senate reopens in the pandemic. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday it’s time to push “pause” on more aid. He said Tuesday he wants to prevent “an …

Senate reopens despite risks as House preps more virus aid
4 years, 8 months ago

Senate reopens despite risks as House preps more virus aid

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate reopened Monday in a Capitol largely shuttered by the coronavirus, but prospects for quick action on a new aid package are uncertain with a deepening debate over how best to confront the deadly pandemic and its economic devastation. He said the Senate would “show up for work like the essential workers that we are.” Senate Republicans …

McConnell and Pelosi ‘respectfully decline’ HHS offer to supply Congress with rapid coronavirus tests
4 years, 8 months ago

McConnell and Pelosi ‘respectfully decline’ HHS offer to supply Congress with rapid coronavirus tests

CNN  

CNN — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “respectfully” declined an offer from the Trump administration to deploy rapid coronavirus testing capabilities to Capitol Hill ahead of senators’ anticipated return to Washington in the coming week. Instead, the two congressional leaders said they want “to keep directing resources to the front-line facilities” battling the Covid-19 outbreak …

Pelosi And McConnell Decline White House Offer Of Coronavirus Tests For Capitol Hill
4 years, 8 months ago

Pelosi And McConnell Decline White House Offer Of Coronavirus Tests For Capitol Hill

NPR  

Pelosi And McConnell Decline White House Offer Of Coronavirus Tests For Capitol Hill Enlarge this image toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in a rare joint statement on Saturday, declined an offer from the White House to make rapid COVID-19 tests available for Congress. …

Senate approves $483B virus aid deal, sends it to House
4 years, 8 months ago

Senate approves $483B virus aid deal, sends it to House

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A $483 billion coronavirus aid package flew through the Senate on Tuesday after Congress and the White House reached a deal to replenish a small-business payroll fund and provided new money for hospitals and testing. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the bill was made “better and broader” after Democrats forced the inclusion of money for hospitals and …

As Trump speaks, Pelosi warns Americans to ‘ignore the lies’
4 years, 8 months ago

As Trump speaks, Pelosi warns Americans to ‘ignore the lies’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump spoke during his daily coronavirus briefing Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a stark warning for Americans to “ignore the lies” and “insist on the truth” while the U.S. assesses next steps in the crisis. “There are important decisions ahead,” Pelosi wrote to House Democrats. “But if we are not working from the truth, …

Congressional Leaders Divided On Next Steps To Confront Coronavirus Threat
4 years, 9 months ago

Congressional Leaders Divided On Next Steps To Confront Coronavirus Threat

NPR  

Congressional Leaders Divided On Next Steps To Confront Coronavirus Threat Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is aggressively advocating for a second wave of legislation on top of the recently enacted $2 trillion rescue package to confront the coronavirus pandemic, but her Senate counterpart, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, is advocating for a more …

Nancy Pelosi says infrastructure may have to wait past fourth coronavirus bill
4 years, 9 months ago

Nancy Pelosi says infrastructure may have to wait past fourth coronavirus bill

CNN  

Washington CNN — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that Democrats could put on hold a host of their infrastructure priorities and instead advance a new stimulus measure that mirrors the historic $2.2 trillion stimulus package President Donald Trump signed into law last week. “POTUS has been clear that if we need to do more from Phase 3, he won’t …

Pelosi sees infrastructure package similar to Trump $2T plan
4 years, 9 months ago

Pelosi sees infrastructure package similar to Trump $2T plan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Democrats want to enact a massive infrastructure package upgrading the nation’s broadband, road and water systems, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday, in the next installment of Congress’ effort to help the country weather the destructive blows inflicted by the coronavirus outbreak. Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters that Democrats’ infrastructure plan would “address some of the critical impacts and …

Pelosi on Trump’s coronavirus response: ‘As the President fiddles, people are dying’
4 years, 9 months ago

Pelosi on Trump’s coronavirus response: ‘As the President fiddles, people are dying’

CNN  

Washington CNN — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday criticized President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying “his denial at the beginning was deadly” and that as he “fiddles, people are dying.” “We should be taking every precaution. What the President, his denial at the beginning was deadly,” Pelosi said in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper …

Pelosi forecasts House OK of Senate’s $2.2T virus aid plan
4 years, 9 months ago

Pelosi forecasts House OK of Senate’s $2.2T virus aid plan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House will give final approval Friday to the massive $2.2 trillion economic rescue bill with robust backing from both parties, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, a vote that would cap Congress’ tumultuous effort to rush the relief to a nation battered by the coronavirus. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said in a TV interview the economy “may well …

Senate Reaches Deal On Massive Coronavirus Relief Bill
4 years, 9 months ago

Senate Reaches Deal On Massive Coronavirus Relief Bill

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― After days of marathon negotiations and a tense shouting match on the Senate floor, lawmakers reached a deal with the Trump administration early Wednesday morning on massive trillion-dollar emergency legislation aimed at propping up the U.S. economy and giving relief to workers hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. “The Senate has reached a bipartisan agreement …

Pelosi Expresses 'Real Optimism' About Reaching Coronavirus Aid Deal
4 years, 9 months ago

Pelosi Expresses 'Real Optimism' About Reaching Coronavirus Aid Deal

NPR  

Pelosi Expresses 'Real Optimism' About Reaching Coronavirus Aid Deal Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP Updated at 1:27 p.m. ET A Senate agreement on a third wave of emergency funding to address the coronavirus could be "hours" away, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday, as Republicans and Democrats seemed close to bridging disagreements that have stalled a …

Negotiators close on a nearly $2 trillion virus aid package
4 years, 9 months ago

Negotiators close on a nearly $2 trillion virus aid package

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Top congressional and White House officials emerged from grueling negotiations at the Capitol over the nearly $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package saying they expected to reach a deal Tuesday. “This is a national emergency.” Fuming, McConnell warned Democrats — pointedly House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — to quit stalling on “political games,” as he described Democratic efforts to steer …

McConnell unveils economic rescue plan amid virus shutdown
4 years, 9 months ago

McConnell unveils economic rescue plan amid virus shutdown

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled a sweeping economic rescue plan Thursday to pump $1,200 direct checks to taxpayers, $300 billion for small businesses to keep idled workers on payroll and $208 billion in loans to airlines and other industries. The GOP leader’s effort builds on President Donald Trump’s request for Congress to “go big” as lawmakers race …

Trump declares virus emergency; House passes aid package
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump declares virus emergency; House passes aid package

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency, freeing up money and resources to fight the outbreak, and then threw his support behind an aid package in Congress that is on track to provide direct relief to Americans. “We don’t want people without symptoms to go and do that test,” Trump said, adding, “It’s …

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