Tag: Coronavirus Outbreak

"If it continues to move as it is now, it's going to take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people."

"$600 IS NOT ENOUGH."

"Three years ago, these same deficit hawk Republicans passed a tax cut bill that before the pandemic hit had already added over $200 billion to the annual deficit."

McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, refused to cave to Trump's demands on the military bill.

"That was easy."

"I support this push for $2,000 in direct relief for the American people."

"If you're going to err, err on the side of helping people."

Hospitals can request more money as U.S. infections surge, and FEMA officials expect total aid awards to rise significantly.

He went on to urge Congress to "quickly pass legislation to increase direct payments to Americans to $2,000."

A bipartisan majority supported the bill.

But Democratic lawmakers who have a majority in the House of Representatives and have long wanted $2,000 relief checks hope to use the point of agreement with Trump to advance ...

Over the last 10 days, about 10.2 million people have been screened at U.S. airports, compared to nearly 25 million over the same period last year.

"It's almost inconsequential."

"Many in elite bubbles believe the American public doesn’t know 'what’s good for them' so they need to be tricked into 'doing the right thing."

"We have no evidence that it's more serious."

"I don't think people understand what happens when a central government goes bankrupt, but it's not pretty."

"His leadership has prevented a government shutdown at a time when our nation could not have afforded one."

Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Monday will try to push through expanded $2,000 pandemic relief payments for Americans after President Donald Trump backed down from a fight with lawmakers ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers who were involved in crafting the relief bill urged Trump to sign it immediately. But, they added, if he is determined to veto it, he ...

Without Trump's signature, Congress would need to pass a stopgap funding bill that he is willing to sign to keep federal agencies fully operating.