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McConnell Says A Vote on Coronavirus Relief Could Happen This Week

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says a vote on coronavirus relief funds could happen sometime this week. McConnell did not specify what would be included in the relief measure, but said it would focus on health care, education, and the economy. In a statement, McConnell said the Senate will look over a “targeted proposal,…
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Schumer Calls Republican Party “Disorganized, Chaotic, and Unprepared” on Coronavirus Relief

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) slammed his Republican colleagues earlier today as Democrats and Republicans struggle to come to an agreement over coronavirus relief funds. “It’s in the middle of the week, and the Republican Party is so disorganized, chaotic and unprepared that they can barely cobble together a partisan bill in their own…
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Pelosi and Schumer Request Trump Lower Flags When Coronavirus Deaths Reach 100,000

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have preemptively requested President Donald Trump order flags on public buildings nationwide to fly at half-staff when the national death toll from the novel coronavirus reaches 100,000. The current death toll is 95,016, according to the most up-to-date statistics. The two legislators noted…
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Schumer Will Introduce “No PR” Legislation to Stop Trump from Placing Name on Stimulus Checks

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) plans to introduce a provision known in Washington as the “No PR Act” in the next coronavirus stimulus package to bar President Donald Trump from placing his name on any additional stimulus checks. The legislation “would prohibit the use of federal dollars toward any material that promotes Trump or…
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Deal On Coronavirus Relief Bill Helps Workers With No Handouts To Trump’s Companies

Democrats, Republicans, and the White House announced a deal in the early hours of Wednesday morning meant to give much-needed relief to American workers and businesses across the country affected by the economic downturns created by the coronavirus global pandemic. One provision could possibly annoy President Donald Trump somewhat, as it directly affects his corporate…
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John Roberts Rebukes Schumer For Bogus “Threatening Statements” Against Gorsuch, Kavanaugh

Chief Justice John Roberts has rebuked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for “threatening statements” against two conservative justices. “Justices know that criticism comes with the territory, but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous,” Roberts said, adding that the justices “will continue to…
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Schumer says Trump ran away from infrastructure when asked how he would pay for it

Afterward, at a press conference with Senate Democratic Leader Schumer, Pelosi told reporters Trump may have lacked the confidence to work with Democrats on infrastructure. She said she prays for Trump.

Schumer said watching what happened at the meeting between the president and Democratic lawmakers “would make your jaw drop.” He said that when Trump was asked how he would pay for an infrastructure plan, “he had to run away.”
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Trump, Democrats agree to $2 trillion on infrastructure: Schumer

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders agreed on Tuesday to spend $2 trillion on roads, bridges, water, broadband and power grids, and will meet again in three weeks to discuss how to pay for the plan, Democratic leaders said. The meeting, which appeared to be…

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