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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. 

April 3, 2020

Schumer goes on MSNBC to blast Trump for criticizing him: ‘I’m just appalled’

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was aghast Thursday night after receiving a letter in which President Trump accused him of being a “bad” senator and asserted that Schumer was vulnerable to a primary challenge from within his own party.

April 2, 2020

Trump fires back at Schumer over coronavirus criticism: 'No wonder AOC is thinking about running against you'

President Trump hammered Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in a scathing letter firing back at the criticism of his handling of the coronavirus crisis, telling Schumer: "I never knew how bad of a senator you are."

March 25, 2020

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito: Congress providing 'wartime funding' to defeat COVID-19

The stimulus package Congress is providing to the American people is considered "wartime funding" in the battle against the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19), West Virginia Republican Sen. Shelley Moore-Capito explained Wednesday.

March 24, 2020

Schumer says Senate bill will cover 4 months of lost wages for workers

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Tuesday that lawmakers are very close to reaching a deal on a nearly $2 trillion stimulus package meant to address widespread health and economic problems created by the coronavirus outbreak, and that an agreement could be reached "in the next few hours."