Budget Battles
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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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Most Americans Don’t Want Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions Overturned
By Michael RaineyPresident Trump insists that he has a plan to protect people with pre-existing conditions if the Supreme Court invalidates the Affordable Care Act – something that could happen just after the...
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Pelosi Cites Progress, but Warns of Poison Pills in Stimulus Deal
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said after a nearly 90-minute negotiating session Thursday that they had made some progress toward a coronavirus relief package...
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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...
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McConnell Plans Vote on Narrow Relief Package. Trump Says, ‘Go Big or Go Home!!!’
As the stalemate over another coronavirus relief package continues, these three things all happened on Tuesday: • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that the Senate will take up...
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Trump Faces a GOP Revolt Over Stimulus
The faint hopes that were raised last week for another coronavirus relief package faded very quickly, as congressional Republicans and Democrats both rejected a $1.8 trillion White House proposal,...
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Trump Approves $1.8 Trillion Stimulus Offer to Pelosi
He calls her a “nut job.” She questions his mental health. Together, they have to work out a roughly $2 trillion package to rescue the economy. It might sound like a pitch for the worst rom-com ever...
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Trump’s $8 Billion Plan to Send Drug Discount Cards to Seniors
By Michael RaineyPresident Trump announced two weeks ago a surprise plan to send $200 drug-discount cards to 39 million Medicare beneficiaries, and Politico reports Thursday that officials are scrambling to execute...
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Pelosi Plays Hardball as Coronavirus Stimulus Talks Resume
You could get whiplash following the talks on a coronavirus relief package. Just two days after President Trump said he instructed his representatives to halt negotiations , the talks are apparently...
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Trump Cuts Off Coronavirus Stimulus Talks
President Trump said Tuesday that he instructed White House negotiators to cut off talks on another coronavirus relief package until after the November elections. In a series of tweets posted less...
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Pelosi: Trump’s Diagnosis Could Speed Stimulus Bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) suggested Friday that Trump’s diagnosis could help negotiators reach agreement on another coronavirus relief package. “This kind of changes the dynamic because here...
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Pelosi Doubles Down on Demand for $2.2 Trillion in Coronavirus Relief
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated Thursday that Democrats will keep pressing for a coronavirus relief package of at least $2.2 trillion. “It's hard to see how we can go any lower when you only...
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Trump Admin Spending Millions on PR to ‘Inspire Hope’ on Covid: CDC Director
CDC Director Robert Redfield’s testimony before a Senate panel on Wednesday made headlines for his comments that face masks probably offer more protection against the coronavirus than a vaccine and...
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Federal Officials Release Plan to Distribute Coronavirus Vaccine
By The Fiscal Times StaffThe federal government plans to being distributing a vaccine within 24 hours of approval by the Food and Drug administration, Trump administration health officials said Wednesday. In an 11-page...
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Trump Urges GOP to Go for ‘Much Higher Numbers’ on Covid Relief
Maybe a coronavirus relief deal isn’t dead yet. While talks haven’t resumed, pressure is building — and now it’s coming from the White House, too. After months of stalemate, President Trump on...
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Trump Says Health Care Plan Is Ready, but White House Has No Details
By Michael RaineyPresident Trump said Tuesday that his long-promised replacement for the Affordable Care Act is ready to go. “I have it all ready, and it’s a much better plan for you,” Trump told an audience member...