Newsletter Archive

July 2020

Dems Want to Save the $600 Unemployment Boost. GOP Has Other Ideas.

The $600-a-week federal boost to unemployment insurance introduced by Congress in March is set to expire this month, and the debate about whether or how to extend jobless benefits will be central to negotiations on a next coronavirus…

Plus: Plus: A surprise extension for a coronavirus aid program

June 2020

How Face Masks Could Save the Economy

The emergency coronavirus relief program for small businesses is set to stop accepting new applications just before midnight, having approved about $520 billion in forgivable loans as of Monday — but leaving more than $130 billion in…

Plus: Plus, what to do with $130 billion in unused PPP funds?

Millions of Tax Refunds Face 'Extreme Delays'

The Democratic-led House just passed a bill to bolster Obamacare — and ramp up the political pressure on President Trump on the issue of health care as coronavirus cases surge across many U.S. states.

Plus: Plus, Dems turns the screws on health care

Trump Admin Tells Supreme Court Obamacare Must Fall

The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to strike down the Affordable Care Act in a legal brief filed by the Justice Department late Thursday.

Plus: Plus, the growing partisan split on coronavirus threat

$1.4 Billion in Coronavirus Stimulus Went to Dead People

The Trump administration sent almost 1.1 million coronavirus relief payments totaling nearly $1.4 billion to Americans who had died, the Government Accountability Office says in a report published Thursday.

Plus: Plus: jobless claims remain stubbornly high

Pelosi's Plan to Bolster Obamacare — and Dems’ Election Chances

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders unveiled legislation Wednesday aimed at making Affordable Care Act insurance plans cheaper to buy and encouraging states to expand their Medicaid programs.

Plus: Plus, Trump scores a 'BIG VICTORY'

Trump Says Yes to More Stimulus Checks … or Something

Asked in an interview with Scripps televisions stations if he’d get viewers (read: voters) who are struggling financially in Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan — all key swings states in the upcoming election —another round of stimulus…

Plus: Plus, 4 potential pitfalls for the economic recovery

Dems Say Trump Sitting on Billions in Coronavirus Testing Money

The Trump administration is sitting on nearly $14 billion in funding provided by Congress to help states with coronavirus testing and contract tracing, two top Democrats said Sunday, calling on the administration to distribute the money …

Plus: Plus, stimulus may have prevented a surge in poverty

Trump White House Infighting Clouds Next Stimulus

But this is Trumpworld, where fractious infighting is more than norm than planned and coordinated policy rollouts, so The Washington Post’s Jeff Stein reports that Navarro’s comments came as a surprise to other administration officials and…

Plus: Plus, $7.3 million for unusable mini soda-bottles

A Tax Day Delay Until 2021?

“It's job-creating in its essence, but it's also commerce-promoting. So it grows the economy of our country,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, according to The Hill.

Plus: Plus: Pelosi, Dems 'go big' with $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan