Minnesota House to reconvene for vote on $1.4B bonding bill
Oct. 14, 2020Updated: Oct. 14, 2020 9:27 a.m. 1of3Senate President Jeremy Miller, R-Winona, adjourned the Senate until audio problems could be resolved for the start of the fifth special session of the year in St. Paul, Minn., on Monday, Sept. 12,…
McConnell breaks from White House-Democratic negotiations, unveils separate bill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced he will release a separate stimulus proposal worth $500 billion, significantly lower than the deal Democrats and the White House are negotiating. “We’re going to go back on the floor next week, again,…
Ohio House Bill 6 scandal inspires more questionable attacks in state legislative races
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Republican-controlled legislature passed Ohio House Bill 6, the nuclear bailout law that’s now at the center of a federal corruption investigation, and a Republican governor signed it. But some Democrats played supporting roles in the…
White House seeks limited coronavirus relief bill, promises further talks on broader stimulus
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Sunday called on Congress to pass a stripped-down coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from an expired small business loan program as negotiations on a broader package ran into resistance.…
White House pushes for limited stimulus bill
for-phone-onlyfor-tablet-portrait-upfor-tablet-landscape-upfor-desktop-upfor-wide-desktop-up Reuters Now Posted [NFA] The Trump administration on Sunday asked U.S. lawmakers to approve using leftover funds from the last pandemic stimulus package toward new economic recovery efforts as negotiations on a larger rescue bill face resistance. Reuters Now…
White House pushes for limited coronavirus relief bill as broader effort meets resistance
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin takes questions from news reporters with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows following a series of meetings on efforts to pass new coronavirus aid legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July…
House Democrats will introduce bill creating commission to rule on president’s fitness for office
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Jamie Raskin will introduce a bill on Friday to form a commission that would rule on the president’s fitness for office in order to “enable Congress to help ensure effective and uninterrupted leadership” in…
White House Open to Bigger Stimulus Bill as Mnuchin, Pelosi Talk
(Bloomberg) — The White House shifted tack on Thursday, signaling that the administration is again leaning toward a large-scale stimulus bill after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed back on the idea of individual measures for parts of the economy hit…
Here’s why Ohio lawmakers haven’t done anything about scandal-tainted House Bill 6 so far
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Following the July arrest of then-House Speaker Larry Householder on a charge he oversaw a bribery scheme to pass House Bill 6, dozens of Ohio lawmakers quickly signed on as co-sponsors of bills to repeal the tainted energy law.…
House Democrats to unveil bill to create commission on ‘presidential capacity’
Trump responded to Pelosi’s initial comments on Thursday by tweeting that “Crazy Nancy is the one who should be under observation. They don’t call her Crazy for nothing!” Pelosi has repeatedly questioned Trump’s mental health and suggested that he needs…
