Tag: Coronavirus Outbreak

"It's time for Joe Biden to stand up and say the kids are the most important things."

"We did have a conversation about the direct payments and how those might be modified in a way to ensure they're targeted."

"Watch the game and enjoy it, but do it with your family or with people that are in your household."

Biden's package faces a potential Republican roadblock in the 100-member Senate, which is divided 50-50 but requires a 60-vote threshold to pass most legislation.

"We're not going to blow it down the line. They can't do it down the line."

"The President remains hopeful that we can have bipartisan support moving forward."

"I'm experiencing mild symptoms, but am otherwise feeling well & in good spirits."

He "will not settle for a package that fails to meet the moment."

"It is a moral and public health imperative to ensure that all individuals residing in the United States have access to the vaccine."

"It is my earnest hope that people will continue to wear face masks, social distance, and quarantine when warranted."

Schumer announced the plan to file a fiscal-year 2021 budget measure in the Senate and House, saying it would allow Congress to fast-track a coronavirus package for passage by both ...

Blacks and Hispanics have been particularly hard hit by COVID-19 with a disproportionate number of deaths, and public health officials have broadly called for equity in vaccine distribution.

"There are inherent and perhaps unintentional consequences of changes the rules of a place where your power is never permanently guaranteed."

"We are now 46th highest when it comes to positivity rates."

Their proposal is one-third of Biden's desired $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief aid.

Available vaccines need to be given as two separate doses weeks apart.

More than 18 million Americans are drawing some form of government unemployment assistance.

"That's not a way of working together."

"We think that if we invest in the resources to make it safe, schools should reopen."

"We're going to do what the American people overwhelmingly want us to do."