The Senate Finance Committee voted 26-0 in favor of Janet Yellen’s appointment as the 78th secretary of the Treasury, with an anticipated move to the Senate floor for confirmation before the end of day on Friday (Jan. 22), CNBC reported. The confirmation would make Yellen...
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is already getting pushback from Republicans, tripping up a seamless passage by Congress, CNBC reported on Thursday (Jan. 21). Biden was sworn in as the 46th U.S. president on Wednesday, (Jan. 20) and had asked lawmakers last...
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped second-term Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, a former venture capitalist, to serve as commerce chief, according to The Hill. Raimondo, the first woman to be governor of Rhode Island, will lead the Commerce Department in setting trade policy and furthering...
Out of all of the chaos that has engulfed politics and, specifically, the nation’s capital these last few days, it bears sifting through the headlines and the tumult to see what’s to come. A Biden administration will take root in two weeks with a majority...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fired the first shot Tuesday (Dec. 29) in what is likely to be weeklong battle over a proposal to send $2,000 stimulus checks to most Americans. McConnell blocked consideration of a House bill that would up add another $1,400 to...
President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping $900 billion pandemic relief bill on Sunday night (Dec. 27), The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) writes, averting a government shutdown and allowing millions of Americans help as the pandemic continues through the new year. There was uncertainty over...
The U.S. House and Senate passed an agreement Friday evening (Dec. 18) to postpone a government shutdown for 48 Hours as Capitol Hill lawmakers prepared to settle in for a working weekend in a bid to pass a COVID-19 stimulus bill. President Donald Trump later...
Democratic congressional leaders are looking to approve a second stimulus check as part of the next coronavirus relief bill, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday (Dec. 16). The group, comprised of 17 Democrats, sent a letter to Congressional leaders asking them to include $2,000...
The pending release of a $908 billion bipartisan stimulus in Congress on Monday (Dec. 14) is likely to trigger further frenzied rounds of talks, as sticking points remain and an end-of-the-week deadline looms. Lawmakers from both parties have hammered out the $908 billion proposal as...
