COVID-19 UPDATE | MONDAY, NOV. 9 (Evening)
November 9, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
The Senate is in session today. The House will return next week. Election Results Alaska will not begin to count mail-in ballots until Tuesday. The state currently only has 46% of votes reported, but it is expected that President Trump and Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) will maintain their leads. As contention remains among Republicans around […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | MONDAY, NOV. 9 (Afternoon)
November 9, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
The Senate will be in session today. The House will return next week. Election results Presidential The race was declared for Joe Biden on Saturday by the media as both Nevada and Pennsylvania were called. President-Elect Biden currently holds 279 Electoral College votes with Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina yet to be called. If […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | FRIDAY, NOV. 6
November 6, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Both the Senate and House are in recess. Election Results Presidential Neither candidate has solidified the needed 270 electoral votes to claim victory. Former Vice President Biden leads in all of the states that have not been called, except North Carolina. Georgia: Biden pulled ahead of President Trump in the state. The race remains too […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | THURSDAY, NOV. 5
November 5, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Election Results Presidential As the vote count in Georgia continues to come in and becomes much closer, it is likely that the result will be contested regardless of who is declared the winner. North Carolina will not have their final vote count until the end of next week, as ballots in the state can be […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4
November 4, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Both the Senate and House are in recess. Election Results Presidential The Associate Press declared Joe Biden the winner of Wisconsin and its ten electoral votes by 0.6%, or about 21,000 votes. Before the state was called, the Trump Campaign announced that it would request an immediate recount of the votes, citing irregularities in several […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | TUESDAY, NOV. 3
November 3, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Both the Senate and House are in recess. Congress House · House Ways and Means Committee Democrats released a report detailing their concerns over the Administration’s enforcement of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The report focuses on the lack of forced labor prevention and enforcement cases by the U.S. Trade Representative and Department of Labor, the continued loss of automotive jobs to Mexico, and environmental […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | MONDAY, NOV. 2
November 2, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Both the Senate and House are in recess. Congress House House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that Democrats will pursue budget reconciliation procedures during the next Congress to provide COVID-19 relief and enhance the Affordable Care Act. Budget reconciliation allows for, among other things, legislation to be passed by a simple majority in the Senate […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | MONDAY OCT. 26 (EVENING)
October 26, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
The Senate is in session. The House is in recess. COVID-19 Relief Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) commented today that even though House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin continue to negotiate, he does not expect any legislative action before the election on an additional COVID-19 relief package. As a […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | MONDAY OCT. 26 (Afternoon)
October 26, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
The Senate is in session. The House is in recess. COVID-19 Relief House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) commented in an interview Sunday that the two sides have still not reached an agreement on a testing plan, among other outstanding issues. Speaker Pelosi said she sent a list of remaining issues to the Administration on Friday […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | FRIDAY, OCT. 23
October 23, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
The Senate is in session. The House is in recess. COVID-19 Relief House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin continue to negotiate. Speaker Pelosi indicated that she and Secretary Mnuchin have made sufficient progress to begin drafting legislative language for certain provisions. To that end, she indicated that she is waiting for […]
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