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Stimulus Negotiators Face Pressure From All Sides To Rapidly Approve Package

Stimulus Negotiators Face Pressure From All Sides To Rapidly Approve Package
Stimulus Negotiators Face Pressure From All Sides To Rapidly Approve Package
December 09, 2020  |  Economy

Eight months, 14.8 million new cases and 275,000 deaths after Congress passed the $2.2 trillion CARES Act in late March to cushion the economic blow...

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Congress Prepares To Approve Overhaul Of Anti-Money Laundering Laws
Congress Prepares To Approve Overhaul Of Anti-Money Laundering Laws
December 09, 2020  |  AML

Congress is expected this week to vote for the first overhaul of the country’s anti-money laundering (AML) laws in decades, the Financial Times reports. Get...

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Business Leaders Push Congress For New Stimulus Dollars As Economy Wavers
Business Leaders Push Congress For New Stimulus Dollars As Economy Wavers
December 08, 2020  |  Economy

Some of the top business groups in the United States are ramping up pressure on Congress to pass a second major stimulus package as coronavirus...

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Over 125 Economists Urge Congress To Pass Stimulus
Over 125 Economists Urge Congress To Pass Stimulus
November 23, 2020  |  Economy

A letter from over 125 economists, including former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Alan Blinder and Jason Furman, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during...

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JPMorgan Chase’s Dimon Scolds ‘Childish’ Congress For Stalling On COVID-19 Stimulus
JPMorgan Chase’s Dimon Scolds ‘Childish’ Congress For Stalling On COVID-19 Stimulus
November 18, 2020  |  Coronavirus

One of the nation’s most powerful bankers lashed out at Congress on Wednesday (Nov. 18) over the stalled coronavirus relief package, chiding lawmakers for “childish...

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Trump Pauses US Stimulus Negotiations Until After Election
Trump Pauses US Stimulus Negotiations Until After Election
October 06, 2020  |  Economy

Stimulus negotiations are on hold. That is the news out of Washington today (Oct 6) as President Trump has announced that negotiations between Republicans and...

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Report: US House Could Break Up Big Tech firms
Report: US House Could Break Up Big Tech firms
October 06, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

The long-anticipated antitrust report from the U.S. House of Representatives on giant tech companies considers a call to break up the companies, according to a...

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Experts See Financial Pain As COVID Aid Wanes
Experts See Financial Pain As COVID Aid Wanes
September 21, 2020  |  Economy

The failure of lawmakers to agree on additional COVID-19 relief has left some policy experts including Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell worried that the...

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House Republicans Move To Legislate Trump’s Payroll Tax Break
House Republicans Move To Legislate Trump’s Payroll Tax Break
September 14, 2020  |  Economy

U.S. House Republicans are proposing legislation that if adopted by the Democrat-controlled body and GOP-run Senate would codify the payroll tax cut President Donald Trump...

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