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McConnell Warns Trump Against Pre-Election Stimulus Deal
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Pelosi Sets Deadline for Stimulus Deal
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US Deficit Soars to $3.1 Trillion
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McConnell Rejects Trump’s Call for Bigger Stimulus
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Mnuchin: Relief Bill Will Be ‘Difficult’ Before Election
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Trump Undermines McConnell on Stimulus Plan
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Trump Faces a GOP Revolt Over Stimulus
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Trump's Big U-Turn: A $1.8 Trillion Stimulus Offer
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Pelosi Plays Hardball as Stimulus Talks Resume
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Trump Backtracks, Calls for Narrower Stimulus Deals
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Trump Cuts Off Stimulus Talks
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Trump Teases Another Massive Tax Cut
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Pelosi: Trump’s Diagnosis Could Speed Stimulus Bill
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Pelosi Pessimistic About Coronavirus Aid Deal
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McConnell Warns White House Against Pre-Election Stimulus Deal: Report
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Tuesday that lawmakers are moving ahead with a draft of a new coronavirus stimulus bill, despite a lack of agreement on some key provisions. Yet even as Pelosi...
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Court Rejects Trump Effort to Cut Food Stamps
A federal judge on Sunday rejected a Trump administration plan to cut $5.5 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program over the next five years. The proposed rule change would allow...
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Stimulus Deal or No Deal? Pelosi Sets Tuesday Deadline
It may not have a made-for-TV theme song, but Nancy Pelosi’s ultimatum does pack some dramatic punch: 48 hours or we’re done. House Speaker Pelosi (D-CA) said Sunday that a deal must be reached...
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8 Million More in Poverty Since May as Aid Dries Up: Report
About 8 million people have slipped into poverty since May, according to a new report from researchers at the Center on Poverty & Social Policy at Columbia University. The increase in poverty...
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Tax Rates Crushing Some Low-Wage Workers: Fed Study
Low-wage workers face shockingly high marginal tax rates as they earn more once the loss of government benefits are taken into account, according to researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta...
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McConnell Shoots Down Trump’s Call for Bigger Stimulus
President Trump said Thursday he’d agree to a coronavirus relief package larger than the $1.8 trillion his administration offered last week, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell quickly shot...
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Unemployment Claims Jump, Raising Concerns About Stalling Recovery
As talks on a coronavirus relief package drag on, the job market is signaling that the economic recovery may be stalling as Covid cases surge in states across the country. About 898,000 people filed...
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Mnuchin: Relief Bill Will Be ‘Difficult’ Before Election
In case it wasn’t already clear that a new coronavirus relief bill probably isn’t coming before the election, just take a look at what Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who has been negotiating the...