relief package

The House of Representatives in the early hours of Saturday passed a $1.9 trillion relief package that closely resembles Biden’s American Rescue Plan.

The House is preparing to vote on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief bill. Republicans are mostly against the bill, but Democrats say it’s needed and hope to push it through without Republican support.

President Joe Biden on Friday talked about pushing a $350 billion financial relief from the COVID-19 pandemic to state and local governments.

Democrats are proposing an addition to Biden’s near $2 trillion pandemic relief package. It would give families thousands of dollars in child tax credits. A welfare expert talks about the proposal.  

Democrat congressional leaders on Monday introduced a budget resolution that will let lawmakers pass a fresh COVID-19 relief package without any Republican support. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced the joint budget resolution. The measure is the first step in potentially enacting a budget reconciliation bill, which would […]

President Trump now says he supports a 1.8 trillion dollar relief package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had a phone call today but failed to reach a deal. Housing market update: the number of people in mortgage forbearance is falling but the number of people behind on high-risk mortgages is rising. […]

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate will look at the next relief package in the coming weeks, Georgia’s Governor declares a national state of emergency, and ICE says foreign students will have to leave the U.S. if their universities switch to remote learning.

Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that the fifth COVID-19 relief bill will include “significant” funding for state and local governments.

WASHINGTON—With rare bipartisanship and speed, Washington is about to deliver massive, unprecedented legislation to speed help to people and businesses as the CCP virus pandemic takes a devastating toll on the U.S. economy and health care system. The House is set to pass the sprawling $2.2 trillion measure on Friday morning after an extraordinary 96-0 Senate vote late Wednesday. […]

The U.S. Senate offered struggling airlines unprecedented aid worth $58 billion that will helping cover their staff wages.

The U.S. Senate unanimously voted late Wednesday to pass a $2.2 trillion emergency relief package to help protect American livelihoods, hospitals, and an economy rattled by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The White House and U.S. congressional leaders in the Senate reached an agreement on a $2 trillion relief package amid the COVID-19 pandemic.