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Pelosi: Dems Will Press Ahead on Covid Relief, With or Without GOP

Democrats are pressing ahead with preparations to pass a coronavirus relief plan without Republican support. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday that the House will pass a budget resolution...
Feds Misused Millions of Dollars Intended for Vaccine Research, Public Health: Report

Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services misused millions of dollars provided by lawmakers to fund vaccine research and preparedness efforts for public health threats like Ebola and...
Biden Reopening Obamacare, Nearly 9 Million Could Benefit

President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order Thursday that will reopen the federal health insurance marketplaces, allowing millions of people to sign up for coverage outside of the...

Investors Tell Washington: Don’t Worry About the Debt

With a growing number of lawmakers expressing concerns about another massive, deficit-financed Covid relief package and the historically large national debt, Politico’s Victoria Guida reports that...
The First Round of Coronavirus Relief Payments by the Numbers

The IRS has released a detailed breakdown of the more than $271 billion sent to Americans in the first round of “Economic Impact Payments” (more commonly known as stimulus checks). Some stats: Total...
Who Gets a Stimulus Check? Biden’s Willing to Negotiate

Responding to concerns from lawmakers about his proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan, President Joe Biden said Monday that he’s willing to discuss the size and scope of the bill — including...
Biden: US Will Have Enough Vaccines for 300 Million Americans by End of Summer

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced new steps meant to speed the pace of coronavirus vaccinations: * The federal government will increase weekly vaccine distribution to states from 8.6 million...
8 Million More in Poverty Since June: Report

More than 8 million people fell into poverty in the U.S. in the second half of 2020, according to a group of economists who say they have developed a new way to provide “near-real-time” estimates...