Biden expected to include new child benefit in major new stimulus proposal
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to include a significant new benefit for children in poor and middle class households in the coronavirus relief package he...
Biden assembling new stimulus plan with checks, unemployment aid
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden said Friday he is assembling a multitrillion-dollar relief package that would boost stimulus payments for Americans to $2,000, extend unemployment...
Democrats allege GOP refusal to accept election results is imperiling U.S. coronavirus response as cases, deaths spike
Congressional Democratic leaders accused Republicans of refusing to confront the dramatically worsening coronavirus pandemic. In the last 10 days, 1 million new people have tested...
White House tells federal agencies to proceed with plans for Trump’s February budget in latest sign of election defiance
The decision to proceed with President Donald Trump's budget for the 2022 fiscal year has rankled and surprised several career staffers given Biden's victory in...
Lame duck Congress and lame duck president face huge challenges in coming weeks
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers return to Washington on Monday for Congress's lame-duck session confronting a number of major problems but lacking clear signals from President Donald...
Stimulus talks set to resume in Washington, but Pelosi and McConnell are at odds again
Lawmakers prepare to return to the Capitol next week for Congress' postelection lame duck session, but the dynamics around economic relief talks that have sputtered...
McConnell says new stimulus bill is top priority when Senate returns next week
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that a new economic stimulus bill should be completed before the end of the year and will be...
Push for pre-election stimulus checks fails as lawmakers head for the exits
Congress has left town until after the election without passing any new economic or health care relief measures even as the coronavirus pandemic surges and...
McConnell warns White House against making stimulus deal as Pelosi and Mnuchin inch closer
WASHINGTON - Prospects for an economic relief package in the next two weeks dimmed markedly on Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell revealed that...