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April 29, 2020

GOP decries ‘impeachment 2.0’ as Pelosi names top Trump critics to coronavirus oversight panel

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday appointed several high-profile Democrats who have been outspoken advocates of impeachment in the past to sit on a new committee overseeing the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, prompting House Republicans to blast the effort as “impeachment 2.0.”

April 29, 2020

Pelosi floats guaranteed minimum income as part of coronavirus response

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week floated the possibility of a guaranteed minimum income as part of a potential Phase 4 response to the coronavirus crisis -- an idea being pushed by left-wing members of the Democratic Party such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

April 29, 2020

Jim Jordan says it's time for Congress to resume work: Nancy Pelosi 'won't call us back'

Rep. Jim Jordan said on Wednesday that while states are reopening, congress should be able to go back to work on Capitol Hill as well.

April 28, 2020

McCarthy knocks House postponement: 'The American people deserve leaders who will work day in and day out'

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told "The Ingraham Angle" Tuesday that it is wrong for Democrats to effectively keep the House of Representatives out of session for the near future.

April 28, 2020

McConnell vows next coronavirus aid bill 'won't pass the Senate' without business liability protection

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told Fox News Tuesday he will not consider any additional coronavirus aid legislation unless it includes liability or litigation protections for businesses and employees seeking to come back to work.

April 28, 2020

Dems double down on call for $500B in state aid, reject McConnell's bankruptcy push

Democratic leaders on Tuesday doubled down on their demand for $500 billion in aid to states to help with the coronavirus crisis, while rejecting a suggestion by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that some struggling states may need to declare bankruptcy.

April 27, 2020

Pelosi, who decried treatment of Kavanaugh accuser, backs Biden in face of his own allegation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., became the latest high-profile Democrat to endorse Joe Biden for her party’s presidential nomination Monday even as an allegation of sexual assault haunts the former vice president’s campaign. 

April 27, 2020

Pelosi endorses Joe Biden for president, amid development in sexual assault claim

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., endorsed Joe Biden for president on Monday morning, becoming yet another high-profile Democrat to publicly back the party's presumptive nominee amid claims he sexually assaulted an aide in the 1990s. Biden's campaign has denied the claim. 

April 26, 2020

Kevin McCarthy: WHO acting like 'Wuhan Health Organization' during coronavirus

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said during an exclusive interview on “Sunday Morning Futures” that the World Health Organization is acting “more like the Wuhan Health Organization” -- a reason, he said, for Congress to return to work to conduct oversight.

April 26, 2020

Pelosi says Trump's travel ban was not effective in preventing people or coronavirus from entering US

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Cali., argued Sunday the travel ban President Trump has boasted as a major move in stemming the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. as actually not as effective as the White House says.