SENATEDecember 29Marco Rubio backs $2,000 stimulus checks, calls for Congress to 'quickly pass legislation'Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday voiced support for $2,000 stimulus checks, diverging from some of his Republican Senate colleagues.
4:54VIDEODecember 29Rep. James Comer on supporting Trump push for $2,000 stimulus checksHouse passes bill to increase stimulus payments to $2G. Ranking member in the Oversight Committee Rep. James Comer weighs in.
Donald TrumpDecember 25Trump doubles down $2,000 coronavirus check demandPresident Trump on Friday doubled down on his demand for increased coronavirus-related stimulus checks to working-class Americans.
7:53VIDEODecember 25Trump vetoes NDAA as COVID relief bill hits stalemateReaction from Lisa Boothe, Jason Riley and Charles Lane on the 'Special Report' All-Star Panel
Media BuzzDecember 24Trump explodes stimulus bill, leaving Washington scrambling, millions in doubtPresident Trump sat out the first four quarters and then dropped a bomb in overtime, threatening to blow up the Christmas package that Congress had finally cobbled together to ease the pain of the pandemic.
Donald TrumpDecember 23Flashback: Trump in 2018 on massive spending bill 'nobody read': 'I will never sign another bill like this'President Trump on Tuesday blasted the bipartisan omnibus spending bill passed by Congress that wrapped up COVID relief in it, calling for larger stimulus checks and arguing no one in Congress had read the bill.
POLITICSDecember 23Klobuchar calls Trump holding up coronavirus package for more stimulus an 'attack on every American'Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar said President Trump's calls to amend the COVID-19 relief bill Congress passed on Monday an "attack on every American."
RepublicansDecember 22Rep. Chip Roy asks 'what purpose' GOP serves after omnibus passesRep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, on Tuesday took aim at his own party, asking "what purpose" the Republican Party serves -- after he blasted its role in passing the mammoth omnibus spending bill.
CongressDecember 22Horse racing, the Dalai Lama and Smokey Bear: Coronavirus relief package includes oddball provisionsThe mammoth 5,593-page bill — part of an omnibus appropriations package that wraps 12 spending measures into one — also contains a raft of unexpected items that are not directly related to government funding or pandemic relief efforts
POLITICSDecember 10Hawley introduces bill to give direct coronavirus payments to AmericansRepublican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley on Thursday announced new legislation to give direct coronavirus relief to all Americans and families.
