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democratic party
Dec. 16, 2020
AOC Is Right About Pelosi and Schumer The left-wing Democrat and her moderate colleagues find a rare point of agreement: Their leaders have been around too long.
coronavirus stimulus
Dec. 14, 2020
A Major Obstacle to COVID Stimulus Just Fell Bipartisan negotiators have split the package’s two most divisive provisions from the rest of the bill.
Congress and Trump Will Keep Bickering Through the Holidays Endless wrangling over spending and stimulus and a likely Trump veto of a defense-policy bill are casting a pall over a holiday-decorated Capitol.
u.s. house of representatives
Dec. 9, 2020
Democratic House Majority May Drop to Two Seats in January After November’s poor showing and then Biden’s choice of two House Democrats for jobs in his administration, Nancy Pelosi has no margin for error.
covid-19 stimulus
Dec. 2, 2020
Democrats Revive Stimulus Negotiations Pelosi and Schumer are accepting a modest compromise bill as the basis for talks. If McConnell plays ball, it can happen fast.
2020 elections
Nov. 30, 2020
Democrats Didn’t Have As Bad an Election As You Might Think The conventional wisdom is that Biden won but his party “lost” the battle for the House and the Senate. That’s not really true.
lame-duck session
Nov. 16, 2020
Lame-Duck Session Begins With Low Expectations Leadership elections should confirm the status quo, and there will likely be another stopgap spending bill with limited COVID-19 stimulus.
coronavirus stimulus
Nov. 13, 2020
Does Biden’s Election Help or Hurt Prospects for a Stimulus Deal? It’s unlikely anything will happen before the two Georgia runoffs determine Senate control, unless everything goes haywire.
117th congress
Nov. 12, 2020
Who Will Hold Power in the Next Congress? Depending on what happens in Georgia’s Senate runoffs, Democrats will have either a narrow path for governing or a tough row to hoe.
2020 elections
Nov. 4, 2020
Republicans Make Shocking Gains in the House Democrats were expected to win several seats, but will instead lose a handful. Nancy Pelosi now faces a potential revolt.
Pelosi’s Grip on the House Will Tighten After the Election Democrats should win more seats led by another suburban surge, this one possibly centered in Texas.
covid-19 stimulus
Oct. 26, 2020
Another Day of Overtime Stimulus Talks Ends With No Deal Both sides are accusing the other of “moving the goal posts,” but in the end, it’s Trump who needs a preelection announcement.
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 23, 2020
How a Second Stimulus Check Could Be Approved After the Election If Pelosi and Mnuchin can’t do a deal before Election Day, a lot of possibilities and perils will emerge — not all of them good.
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 21, 2020
Will McConnell Really Blow Up a Trump-Blessed Stimulus Deal? It’s unlikely that McConnell would defy Trump over something he really wanted, but time itself could prevent pre-election passage of a bill.
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 20, 2020
Why Trump Should Just Cave to Pelosi on Stimulus Deal Trump is losing his advantage over Biden in managing the economy. A last-minute stimulus deal may be the only way to get it back.
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 19, 2020
Judgment Day for a Stimulus Deal Has Arrived Trump will finally have to stop sending mixed signals.
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 16, 2020
Why Doesn’t Trump Just Tell Mnuchin to Take a Deal? Trump might blame Pelosi or McConnell for failure to get a deal and a second stimulus check. But if any deal is better than none, it’s in his hands.
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 14, 2020
Mitch McConnell Preps New Skinny Stimulus Bill With Skinny Checks The latest Republican proposal would be DOA with Democrats, so it looks like another means to just appease Trump.
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 13, 2020
3 Reasons Pelosi Should Take Trump’s $1.8 Trillion Stimulus Deal The U.S. economy needs stimulus now — and there’s a high risk that Biden won’t be able to provide any next year.
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 9, 2020
Erratic Trump Is All Over the Place on Stimulus Deal Much as Trump wants to sign new checks, it’s hard to see how a deal gets done with the president sowing chaos and Pelosi holding all the cards.
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 9, 2020
Trump Tries to Revive Stimulus Talks He Blew Up He is suddenly all-in on striking an argument, but so far Nancy Pelosi is unmoved.
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 7, 2020
After Killing Stimulus, Trump Tries to Revive Deal by Shouting on Twitter A day after blowing up stimulus negotiations, Trump issued unilateral demands for a deal on Twitter, increasing concerns that he’s losing his grip.
the national interest
Oct. 6, 2020
coranvirus stimulus
Oct. 6, 2020
Trump Pulls Plug on Stimulus Talks, Promises COVID Relief ‘After I Win’ In an inscrutable decision, Trump flushed prospects for a second stimulus check and a boost to the economy — quite possibly until late January.
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 5, 2020
White House COVID-19 Outbreak Will Make or Break Stimulus Deal Trump is tweeting encouragement for a deal as Pelosi and Mnuchin continue talks. But a COVID-19–stricken Senate isn’t around to approve it.
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 2, 2020
As Stimulus Talks Go Into Overtime, Pelosi Sends Mixed Signals Despite passing a Democratic “messaging” bill, Pelosi is still negotiating with Mnuchin on a COVID-19 stimulus compromise.
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 30, 2020
Last-Gasp Stimulus Talks Proceed With Time Running Out A compromise bill brought the previously successful negotiating team of Steven Mnuchin and Nancy Pelosi to the table.
vision 2020
Sept. 28, 2020
Pelosi Makes Plans for House Election of President If the Electoral College is deadlocked, the House will elect the next president under a scenario favoring Republicans that Pelosi will try to reverse.
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 24, 2020
Pelosi to Test How Badly Trump Wants His Signature on More Stimulus Checks The ballgame may now depend on whether Trump wants his signature on a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks badly enough to accept Pelosi’s deal.
Stopgap Spending Deal Ends Government Shutdown Threat Pelosi gave in on farm aid Trump is distributing in exchange for some concessions, relegating spending disputes to a lame-duck session.
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 18, 2020
Trump Nibbles at Stimulus Compromise As Pressure for Deal Increases The stalemated talks may unfreeze as Trump calls for compromise and restive Democrats press Pelosi to cut a deal.
contested election
Sept. 16, 2020
The System for Resolving a Contested Presidential Election Is Also a Mess The two-week period in Congress in January is convoluted, depends on the good faith of the party in power, and requires lawmakers to act briskly.
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 16, 2020
Why the Second Coronavirus Stimulus Package Remains Stalled Since Democrats have the upper hand in stimulus talks, Pelosi is counting on Trump to return to the table, whether Republicans like it or not.
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 15, 2020
Bipartisan Stimulus Bill Offers Down-the-Middle Compromise, Plus a Second Check Leaders of the Problem Solvers Caucus have acknowledged that they’re mainly hoping to jump-start negotiations. Trump may be most likely to bite.
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 10, 2020
As Congressional Action on Stimulus Fails, Trump Could Actually Play President The failed Senate GOP “skinny stimulus” bill was a joke and negotiations have stalled, leaving Trump, for now, to act alone.
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 3, 2020
Why the Deal to Avoid a Government Shutdown May Be Bad News Usually a deal that averts a shutdown is a good thing, but there’s a catch this time.
hairy situations
Sept. 3, 2020
What’s All This Drama Over Nancy Pelosi’s Hair? The House Speaker broke coronavirus protocol at a hair salon. She says she was “set up.”
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 2, 2020
McConnell’s ‘Skinny Stimulus’ Won’t Help Anyone But Republican Senators In a symbolic measure designed to give the troops something to vote for, the Republican proposal is not intended to go anywhere after the Senate vote.
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 1, 2020
Mark Meadows Has Been a Game Changer in Stimulus Talks, and Not in a Good Way As Mnuchin’s “chaperone” and a world-class deal-breaker, the White House chief of staff may be the fly in the ointment.
coronavirus stimulus
Aug. 27, 2020
Republicans Abandon Stimulus Checks As Talks Slip to End of Fiscal Year The effort to provide badly needed COVID-19 relief and stimulus just got delayed and complicated once again as Republicans refuse to budge.
democratic national convention
Aug. 20, 2020
Kamala Harris Enters the Arena As a Happy Warrior Harris didn’t need to beat up on Donald Trump tonight. She just needed to introduce herself and sign up for a tough campaign.
coronavirus stimulus
Aug. 19, 2020
Are Republicans Abandoning a Second Stimulus Check? A new Republican proposal designed to appeal to conservatives omits a second installment of the direct coronavirus stimulus checks.
coronavirus stimulus
Aug. 13, 2020
Stimulus Talks Likely Dead Until September Republicans won’t budge on the overall scope and cost of the package, and Democrats feel like they have all the leverage. So nothing’s shaking now.
coronavirus stimulus
Aug. 11, 2020
The GOP’s Big Lie About Why COVID Stimulus Talks Failed McConnell accuses Democrats of holding relief hostage to ideological priorities unrelated to the pandemic, but that is precisely what he did.
coronavirus stimulus
Aug. 7, 2020
Stimulus Talks Have Become a Huge Mess As bipartisan stimulus talks break down, Trump moves toward highly controversial executive orders that will invite court challenges.
coronavirus stimulus
Aug. 4, 2020
Trump Mulls End-Running Congress to Get His Payroll Tax Cut Trump’s advisers are threatening that he could take matters into his own hands if Congress can reach a stimulus agreement. He may prefer it that way.
coronavirus stimulus
July 31, 2020
Democrats Put Squeeze on White House As Unemployment Benefits Expire Right now the White House looks more likely to cut a stimulus deal with Pelosi and Schumer than to herd fractious congressional Republicans.
coronavirus stimulus
July 30, 2020
Stimulus Talks Hit Impasse With Republicans in Disarray At the moment, Democrats hold all the cards as Trump calls for stopgap deal on unemployment insurance and evictions.
coronavirus
July 30, 2020
GOP Staffers Detail Ridicule and Derision for Wearing Masks at Capitol A day after Louie Gohmert tested positive for COVID-19, staffers spoke out about the GOP’s anti-mask culture in D.C.
stimulus legislation
July 28, 2020
Long-Stalled Stimulus Negotiations Lurch Forward Down a Difficult Path The two parties share a sense of urgency and a commitment to a second set of checks for taxpayers, but are otherwise at odds about COVID-19 relief.
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