COVID-19 Update | Thursday, Oct. 29
October 29, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Both the Senate and House are in recess. COVID-19 Relief House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin detailing the outstanding items of their COVID-19 relief negotiations and requested a response on each issue from the Administration. According to Speaker Pelosi’s letter, the items are: Funding for state, local, tribes, […]
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COVID-19 Update | Wednesday, Oct. 28
October 28, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Both the Senate and House are in recess. Congress Senate The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing today titled “Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?” Republican members of the Committee focused on claims of anti-conservative bias on online platforms, citing Twitter’s fact checking of President Trump. Democrats expressed […]
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COVID-19 Update | Tuesday, Oct. 27
October 27, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Both the Senate and House are in recess. COVID-19 Relief As both the House and Senate have recessed until after the election, it is unclear when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will speak next. However, the two are expected to continue negotiating and an additional COVID-19 relief package is possible […]
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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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COVID-19 UPDATE | THURSDAY, OCT. 22
October 22, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
The Senate is in session. The House is in recess. COVID-19 Relief While conversations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are ongoing, right now the consideration of a relief package in the House and Senate likely will not happen until after the election. The Senate will begin the process tomorrow […]
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COVID-19 Update | Monday, Oct. 19
October 19, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
The Senate is in session. The House is in recess. COVID-19 Relief Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) continued negotiations over the weekend. Progress is being made in some areas, most notably on language regarding testing, but the two sides remain apart on other major issues such as state and local relief. Speaker […]
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COVID-19 Update | Friday, Oct. 16
October 16, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Both the Senate and House are in recess. COVID-19 Relief House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin continue to negotiate. Though passage of an additional COVID-19 relief package before the election is unlikely, the two may be working to facilitate rapid passage after the election. Secretary Mnuchin indicated that President Trump may […]
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COVID-19 Update | Thursday, Oct. 15
October 15, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Supreme Court of the United States Hearing – Day 4 After a quick procedural motion that was delayed by Committee Democrats, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) set the vote on whether to advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination out of the Judiciary Committee for October 22. Following that decision, the Committee heard from […]
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