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COVID-19 relief bill

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Dec 02

Watch 6:05
Democrats shift position on a sized-down economic relief bill

Lawmakers are under pressure to reach another economic relief deal as COVID-19 cases and deaths spike across the country. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is the second-highest ranking Democrat in the U.S Senate. He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss a new…

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Dec 02

Watch 7:16
What are the obstacles for Republican support of a bipartisan relief bill?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement Wednesday that the bipartisan COVID relief bill just unveiled should be the starting point for negotiations going forward. Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is one…

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Nov 30

Congress returns with pandemic relief aid, federal funding unresolved

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

Congress is returning to Washington for one last attempt at deal-making this year. The only absolute must-do is preventing a government shutdown on Dec. 11. But lawmakers are also debating whether to deliver another round of coronavirus relief before President…

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Oct 27

Watch 7:18
Trump’s domestic policy adviser on economic stimulus, replacing ACA

With a week to go before Election Day, cases of COVID-19 are rising across the country, and economic stimulus talks appear to be stalled. Brooke Rollins is acting director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. She joins Judy Woodruff…

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Oct 20

Watch 4:15
Why Democrats and Republicans have different priorities on COVID relief

Is time running out for economic stimulus before Election Day? The informal deadline set by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is passing Tuesday. She and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin held more talks about pandemic relief but did not yet reach agreement.

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Oct 06

Watch 5:06
America’s hunger crisis grows more severe amid pandemic recession

By Stephanie Sy

President Trump’s decision Tuesday to break off talks on a coronavirus relief bill affects millions of Americans who are finding it difficult to afford their basic needs. Nearly half of the 22 million jobs lost during the pandemic have yet…

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Sep 18

Democrats set to unveil stopgap bill to prevent shutdown

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

House Democrats are preparing a temporary spending bill that’s needed to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. It’s a lowest-common-denominator, bare-minimum measure that befits a deeply polarized Congress.

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Sep 15

Pelosi says House will remain in session until lawmakers deliver rescue package

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will remain in session until lawmakers deliver another round of COVID-19 relief. Pelosi told her Democratic colleagues on a Tuesday morning conference call that “we have to stay here until we have a bill.”…

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Sep 15

WATCH: House GOP unveils tax cuts, police funds in election agenda

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy has rolled out Republicans’ priorities of tax breaks and police funding for 2021. It's the GOP’s calling card to voters as they try to wrest back seats from Democrats in the November election.

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Sep 06

States plan for cuts as Congress deadlocks on more virus aid

By Associated Press

Spending cuts to schools, childhood vaccinations and job-training programs. New taxes on millionaires, cigarettes and legalized marijuana. Borrowing, drawing from rainy day funds and reducing government workers’ pay.

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