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March 31, 2020

Pelosi, Khanna express concerns over startups potentially excluded from SBA loans

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., made a plea to the Small Business Association (SBA) Tuesday to include startup companies in the coronavirus bailout plan.

March 31, 2020

Democracy 2020 Digest: Biden charges Trump has ‘been very slow to act’

Joe Biden isn’t going as far as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in slamming President Trump’s steering of the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic -- but he’s certainly criticizing the Republican incumbent.

March 31, 2020

Sen. Portman wants to hold off on new coronavirus aid bill until we 'see how this one works'

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, joined "Your World" Tuesday to discuss the prospect of another multi-trillion-dollar coronavirus aid bill, which has been floated by members of both parties as well as President Trump.

March 31, 2020

Pelosi says new stimulus package will focus on 'recovery,' in wake of $2T coronavirus response

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that a fourth round of coronavirus legislation will focus on the nation's "recovery" and singled out building up critical infrastructure.

March 31, 2020

Grassley rips Pelosi bid to roll back deduction cap: ‘Millionaires don’t need a new tax break’

The office of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, blasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after she proposed rolling back a cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions as part of the next coronavirus response bill.

March 29, 2020

Sen. Kennedy: Congress tried to hide 'spending porn on pet projects' in stimulus bill, but Americans noticed

In an effort to reach a compromise on the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package which President Trump signed last week, Republican lawmakers had to "swallow" the "spending porn on pet projects" in the bill, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said.

March 29, 2020

Graham slams Pelosi, says she held up coronavirus aid to add 'liberal special-interest shopping list'

In an exclusive interview on “Sunday Morning Futures,” Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s comments “disgusting,” referring to her claims that President Trump had denied the seriousness of the coronavirus and delayed ramping up the federal government’s response, what she called a “deadly” mistake.

March 29, 2020

Pelosi says Trump has downplayed severity of coronavirus: 'As the president fiddles, people are dying'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called out President Trump on Sunday over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying that his denial of the seriousness of the pathogen and his delay in ramping up the federal government’s response to it has proved “deadly” for Americans.

March 28, 2020

Thomas Massie defends controversial House request: Congress 'dodging accountability' on largest expenditure in history

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., on Saturday defended his actions in calling for congressional accountability in the final vote on the $2.2 trillion coronavirus aid bill.

March 27, 2020

Rep. Max Rose blasts GOP Rep. Massie's 'un-American' opposition to COVID-19 stimulus bill

New York Democratic Congressman Max Rose slammed Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie's opposition to the bipartisan $2 trillion-plus coronavirus economic relief bill on Friday.