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December 29, 2020

Marco Rubio backs $2,000 stimulus checks, calls for Congress to 'quickly pass legislation'

Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday voiced support for $2,000 stimulus checks, diverging from some of his Republican Senate colleagues.

December 25, 2020

Trump doubles down $2,000 coronavirus check demand

President Trump on Friday doubled down on his demand for increased coronavirus-related stimulus checks to working-class Americans.

December 24, 2020

Trump explodes stimulus bill, leaving Washington scrambling, millions in doubt

President Trump sat out the first four quarters and then dropped a bomb in overtime, threatening to blow up the Christmas package that Congress had finally cobbled together to ease the pain of the pandemic.

December 23, 2020

Flashback: Trump in 2018 on massive spending bill 'nobody read': 'I will never sign another bill like this'

President Trump on Tuesday blasted the bipartisan omnibus spending bill passed by Congress that wrapped up COVID relief in it, calling for larger stimulus checks and arguing no one in Congress had read the bill.

December 23, 2020

Klobuchar calls Trump holding up coronavirus package for more stimulus an 'attack on every American'

Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar said President Trump's calls to amend the COVID-19 relief bill Congress passed on Monday an "attack on every American."

December 22, 2020

Rep. Chip Roy asks 'what purpose' GOP serves after omnibus passes

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, on Tuesday took aim at his own party, asking "what purpose" the Republican Party serves -- after he blasted its role in passing the mammoth omnibus spending bill.

December 22, 2020

Horse racing, the Dalai Lama and Smokey Bear: Coronavirus relief package includes oddball provisions

The mammoth 5,593-page bill — part of an omnibus appropriations package that wraps 12 spending measures into one — also contains a raft of unexpected items that are not directly related to government funding or pandemic relief efforts

December 10, 2020

Hawley introduces bill to give direct coronavirus payments to Americans

Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley on Thursday announced new legislation to give direct coronavirus relief to all Americans and families.

October 8, 2020

Biden unhappy with Trump's move to call off coronavirus relief talks

Joe Biden released a statement criticizing President Trump's comments saying he would halt COVID-19 relief until after the election.

October 1, 2020

Senate passes bill to fund US government through Dec. 11; Trump signs it

Lawmakers approved a temporary spending bill on Wednesday to stave off the threat of a government shutdown until after the presidential election, and President Trump quickly followed up with his signature.