Author: Andrew Taylor
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Senate passes coronavirus rescue package on unanimous vote
WASHINGTON — The Senate late Wednesday passed an unparalleled $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic. The unanimous vote came despite misgivings on both sides about whether it goes too far or not far enough and capped days of difficult negotiations as Washington…
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Trump declares virus emergency; Pelosi announces aid deal
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump on Friday declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency to free up more money and resources. Speaking from the Rose Garden, Trump said, “I am officially declaring a national emergency,” unleashing as much as $50 billion for state and local governments to respond to the outbreak. Trump also announced a…
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President Trump declares coronavirus pandemic a national emergency
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency, as Washington struggles with providing Americans with relief and officials race to slow the spread of the outbreak. Speaking from the Rose Garden, Trump said, “I am officially declaring a national emergency.” He said it would free up as much…
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Trump preparing to invoke emergency powers over coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is preparing to invoke emergency powers as the country struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, according to two people familiar with the planning who spoke on condition of anonymity. It was still unclear Friday, however, precisely what mechanism Trump would use to free up additional federal resources for testing…
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Trump suspends travel from Europe to US for 30 days
WASHINGTON • Taking drastic action Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced he is cutting off travel from Europe to the U.S. and moving to ease the economic cost of a viral pandemic that is roiling global financial markets and disrupting the daily lives of Americans. Trump made the announcement that he is suspending travel from Europe…
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Senate so far split neatly along party lines on impeachment
WASHINGTON • The Senate is so far cleaving neatly along party lines in advance of Wednesday’s virtually certain votes to acquit President Donald Trump on two impeachment charges, with just two or three undecided members even considering breaking with their party. The chamber’s top Republican, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, again slammed the impeachment…
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Senate advances $1.4T spending deal
WASHINGTON • The Senate has voted to advance a $1.4 trillion government spending package in a last, bipartisan burst of legislating before bolting for the holidays from a Capitol that’s toxic with impeachment. The first bill in the two-bill package, covering domestic programs, passed easily Thursday by a 71-23 vote, with a vote on a…
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House passes $1.4 trillion federal spending bill
WASHINGTON • The Democratic-controlled House voted Tuesday to pass a $1.4 trillion governmentwide spending package, handing President Donald Trump a victory on his U.S.-Mexico border fence while giving Democrats spending increases across a swath of domestic programs. The hard-fought legislation also funds a record Pentagon budget and is serving as a must-pass legislative locomotive to…
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Pact reached to avert government shutdown through Dec. 20
WASHINGTON • A top House lawmaker said Tuesday that Congress will pass a government-wide temporary spending bill to keep the government running through Dec. 20, forestalling a government shutdown as the House turns its focus to impeachment hearings. Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., made the announcement after meeting with Senate counterpart Richard Shelby, R-Ala.,…
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GOP veterans of Clinton’s impeachment urge caution on Trump
WASHINGTON — Some have regrets. A few can’t talk about it. Others would do it all again. But the Republicans who carried out President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in 1998 are unanimous in urging caution and restraint as Congress embarks on yet another impeachment struggle, this time over accusations that President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian President…