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 6, 2020 Liz Peek: Pelosi's partisan coronavirus investigation – expect this reaction from crisis-weary voters It is almost inconceivable that Nancy Pelosi is launching yet another investigation aimed at undermining President Trump.
April 5, 2020 Clyburn says House committee on coronavirus stimulus spending will not look at past: 'The crisis is with us' When it comes to the new House committee tasked with overseeing the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., said he is looking to the future not the past.
April 5, 2020 Michael Goodwin: Coronavirus blame game – skip it and focus on getting US through this crisis With the body count soaring and the economy collapsing, finger-pointing is in full bloom.
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 McCarthy blasts Pelosi over unemployment spike: 'She needs to be focused on helping' House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told "Hannity" Friday that fewer American workers likely would have been affected by economic restrictions imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic had Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., not held up the passage of last week's coronavirus aid bill.
April 3, 2020 Andrew McCarthy: Coronavirus '9/11 Commission' is a political boondoggle. Don't let Congress pass the buck Do we really think Congress is up to impeaching a president, and up to enacting emergency disaster legislation but needs a 9/11 Commission-style panel to investigate whether President Trump and his subordinates bungled COVID-19?
April 3, 2020 Kevin McCarthy slams Nancy Pelosi's 'politics as usual' response to coronavirus pandemic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., should be focused on providing coronavirus relief to the American people instead of more partisan politics regarding oversight entities, House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., urged Friday.