Budget Battles
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White House: 'We're Not Going to Control the Pandemic'
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Pelosi, Mnuchin Point Fingers as Stimulus Talks Stall
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GOP Worries Mnuchin Is Giving Away Too Much
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Pelosi Says Help Is On the Way, but When?
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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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White House Hands Over Fake Health Care Plan
By Michael RaineyBefore walking out on the interview in what appeared to be anger over the tone of the questioning, President Trump told Lesley Stahl of “60 Minutes” that his oft-cited but never-seen health care plan...
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White House: 'We're Not Going to Control the Pandemic'
“We’re not going to control the pandemic,” White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and...
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Pelosi, Mnuchin Point Fingers as Coronavirus Stimulus Talks Stall
Satirical newspaper The Onion published a story Friday saying that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had announced they would be meeting to put the final touches on a 1...
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OxyContin Maker Pleads Guilty, Will Pay $8.3 Billion
By Michael RaineyPurdue Pharma has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for its role in creating the opioid crisis, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. The OxyContin maker will pay $8.3 billion...
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Trump’s Drug Discount Cards for Seniors Get Pushed Back
By Michael RaineyThe Trump administration plans to send $200 discount cards for prescription drugs to more than 30 million Medicare beneficiaries, but the White House is abandoning an effort to have them shipped out...
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Pelosi Says Help Is On the Way, but When?
Help is on the way, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said in an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday, referring to the coronavirus relief package she’s been negotiating with the White House. But she...
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Two New Polls Find Trouble for Trump on the Economy
As the Trump administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) scramble to see if they can reach a roughly $2 trillion stimulus deal — while Senate Republicans look to vote on a smaller, $500...
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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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Dems Find Trump Admin ‘Squandered’ Up to $500 Million in Buying Ventilators
A report by a panel of the House Oversight Committee raises serious questions about the roughly $3 billion in taxpayer money spent by the Trump administration as it scrambled to acquire ventilators,...
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Why Coronavirus Relief Negotiations Will Be Much, Much Harder This Time
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are set to meet with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows this evening to...
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GOP Delays Rollout of Coronavirus Stimulus Plan; Trump Dumps Push for Payroll Tax Cut
The White House and Senate Republicans failed to reach final agreement Thursday on their proposal for a coronavirus relief package, forcing them to delay a planned rollout of the legislation even...
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US Agrees to Pay $1.95 Billion for 100 Million Doses of Vaccine
By The Fiscal Times StaffThe federal government has agreed to pay Pfizer and German biotechnology firm BioNTech nearly $2 billion to produce 100 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine currently under development, if the vaccine...
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New York Pop-Up Hospital Cost $52 Million, Treated 79 Patients: Report
A field hospital built by New York City as the coronavirus pandemic was peaking in April cost more than $52 million. Located at the U.S.T.A. Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, the...