Trump’s payroll tax holiday could add an additional $100 billion to working households over the next four months, partially fulfilling a long-cherished goal of conservatives to get rid of the tax that hurts American working ...
Democratic congressional leaders aren’t budging on their position with the White House and Senate Republicans over the next coronavirus relief bill. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer held a press conference on Thursday to ...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that Republicans seem to have a disdain for working people. Pelosi told CNN that she’s fed up with the GOP delaying the next coronavirus relief package and that the country ...
Republican senators agreed over the weekend on the second phase of coronavirus stimulus measures “tailored precisely to this phase of the crisis,” costing $1 trillion. The proposal addresses spending on the reopening of schools, direct ...
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) says that Democrats are trying to keep businesses and schools closed so that President Donald Trump suffers in the presidential election. “We’re 100 days out from the presidential election and ...
The financial consequences of the on-again, off-again shutdown of the American economy were demonstrated yesterday when the Department of Labor reported that first-time claims for unemployment rose for the first time in four months, a ...
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joined Fox News on Sunday to discuss some of the steps he believes Congress should take to help Americans battle the coronavirus. At the forefront was protections for businesses to ...
Jobless claims came in better than expected this week, indicating that the economy is continuing to pick up speed after a six-week coronavirus shutdown forced massive unemployment and historic stimulus measures. “Claims for the week ...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is asking President Donald Trump for a federal disaster declaration for his state due to extensive destruction in the unrest that followed the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day. “We need ...
Andrew Kerr on July 6, 2020 The $670 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has supported more than 51 million jobs since its launch in April, the Treasury Department and Small Business Administration announced Monday as it ...
