Congress passes massive stimulus package as virus rages-politico: Congress approved a $900 billion coronavirus relief package late Monday night after months of inaction and partisan bickering, sending desperately needed aid to Americans reeling from a global pandemic.
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Congress strikes stimulus deal after days of frantic talks-politico: Congressional leaders on Sunday clinched a Covid stimulus deal after days of hard-fought negotiations — but Americans will have to wait at least a little longer to get much needed relief.
Stopgap funding up in the air as coronavirus relief talks drag on-rollcall: Disagreements over a temporary spending bill, including whether one was even needed, threatened a government funding lapse as lawmakers slowly worked their way through COVID-19 aid bill disputes.
Fine print issues snag tentative pact on coronavirus relief bill-rollcall: Congressional leaders started Wednesday hoping to finalize a deal on a $900 billion COVID-19 aid package, but last-minute obstacles and fine-tuning indicated negotiations would bleed into Thursday.
Hill leaders nearing long-sought stimulus deal-politico: Congressional leaders closed in on an agreement to provide a new tranche of coronavirus relief on Tuesday, haggling deep into the night over how to spend hundreds of billions of dollars before adjourning for the year.
Reps. Gil Cisneros and Harley Rouda reflect on what went wrong and what’s next-ocregister: Bad polling. The pandemic. Hyperpartisanship. Enthusiasm from President Donald Trump’s base. These are some of the factors Reps. Gil Cisneros and Harley Rouda are citing as they’ve had time to analyze what went wrong with their reelection campaigns.
'Time for everybody to move on': Senate GOP accepts Biden's win-politico: Senate Republicans are finally starting to recognize Joe Biden as the next president of the United States — even if they waited until the very last minute.