April 16, 2020 Job Creators Network blasts Pelosi and Schumer's small business stonewalling: 'It's ridiculous' There is "absolutely no reason" why Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., should oppose additional emergency funding to help small businesses shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic, Job Creators Network President and CEO Alfredo Ortiz asserted Thursday.
April 15, 2020 AOC doesn't rule out 2022 primary challenge against Schumer Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez left the door open Wednesday to a potential Democratic primary challenge to New York Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2022.
April 14, 2020 AOC, Schumer urge FEMA to provide emergency burial assistance to New Yorkers as coronavirus death toll rises Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez urged the federal government on Tuesday to provide additional funds to New York families to cover funeral expenses as the death toll continues to climb from coronavirus.
April 11, 2020 Sen. Chuck Grassley: Pelosi, Schumer 'don't have a leg to stand on' in 'Phase 4' funding talks House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., don't have a "leg to stand on" when it comes to haggling over a "Phase 4" coronavirus stimulus bill, Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley stated Saturday.
April 9, 2020 Dems block McConnell bid to swiftly approve $250B more for small business fund A $250 billion urgent request to shore up a depleting small business fund failed to pass the Senate Thursday after Democrats objected to the measure pushed by the White House and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
April 8, 2020 Lawmakers scramble to reach a deal to pump up small business coronavirus fund The White House and bipartisan lawmakers struggled to get on the same page on how to pass an additional $250 billion for small business aid with a skeleton crew of lawmakers in Washington.
April 7, 2020 Mnuchin speaks with congressional leaders about additional $250B for Paycheck Protection Program Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Tuesday that he’s working with congressional leaders to secure an additional $250 billion to the Payback Protection Program loans to help small businesses reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.
April 7, 2020 Senate Dems call for 'hazard pay' fund in 4th round of coronavirus spending Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled plans to create a giant new fund to boost the pay of health care staff, first responders and essential workers -- and made clear they'll demand their hazard pay proposal in any fourth round of coronavirus spending.
April 5, 2020 Mark Levin: Schumer 'banged pots and pans' about impeachment witnesses while coronavirus spread Mark Levin slammed Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for being more focused on impeaching President Trump than using their congressional powers to prepare for the growing coronavirus pandemic.
April 4, 2020 Pelosi, Schumer blast Trump pick to oversee $2T stimulus, call for 'urgent' House oversight House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer railed against President Trump's choice to nominate a White House lawyer to oversee the massive coronavirus stimulus program as a failure and re-upped up calls for more congressional oversight.