January 28, 2021 GOP lawmakers to introduce bills seeking approval for Capitol Police officer to lie in honor South Carolina Republicans Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Ralph Norman introduced companion bills Thursday that seek approval for Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died after sustaining injuries during the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol, to lie in honor at the Capitol Rotunda.
January 28, 2021 Dem rep plans to introduce a resolution to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene Rep. Jimmy Gomez on Wednesday announced that he plans to introduce a resolution to expel the controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress, accusing Greene of previously supporting calls for "political violence" and advocating "extremism and sedition."
December 30, 2020 Biden campaign promises included decriminalizing HIV exposure President-elect Joe Biden has promised to "advance LGBTQ equality" by reversing decades-old criminalization of HIV exposure and transmission laws that have no "scientific basis" and contribute to stigmas.
December 30, 2020 McConnell introduces his own bill on $2,000 stimulus checks, other Trump priorities Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday introduced his own version of a bill to increase the $600 stimulus checks from the coronavirus relief package to $2,000, but also included two other major priorities for President Trump.
December 29, 2020 130 House Republicans, 2 Democrats vote against $2,000 stimulus checks The bill to increase stimulus checks to $2,000 from the $600 that was approved before Christmas in the coronavirus stimulus package passed the House Tuesday by a narrow margin, getting 275 votes in favor of the boost when the bill needed 272 "yeas" to pass.Â
December 29, 2020 Bernie Sanders, Senate Dems see defense bill veto override as avenue to $2G checks Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., took to Twitter late Monday to suggest that he may engage in stall tactics to support legislation that would increase the direct payment amounts to many Americans from $600 to $2,000.
December 28, 2020 House to vote on $2,000 stimulus checks after Trump signs coronavirus, spending package The House of Representatives on Monday will vote on a bill to send $2,000 stimulus checks to Americans in lieu of the $600 checks included in the coronavirus stimulus and government funding package President Trump signed Sunday night.Â
December 24, 2020 Pelosi pledges House vote on $2,000 checks as Monday shutdown deadline looms House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said on Thursday that next week she will force lawmakers to take a recorded vote on $2,000 stimulus checks for Americans after President Trump demanded such checks and House Republicans blocked Democrats from bringing a unanimous consent request to make that happen.
December 24, 2020 House GOP, Dems stymie requests to reconsider stimulus, spending package after Trump grievances House Republicans and Democrats Thursday blocked each others' "unanimous consent" requests after President Trump aired grievances Tuesday night to the massive coronavirus stimulus and government funding package lawmakers sent to his desk.
December 23, 2020 Trump puts GOP on its heels with 11th-hour stimulus demands, throws wrench into Georgia Senate race President Trump in a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday night demanded that lawmakers amend the coronavirus stimulus package they passed Monday to include $2,000 checks for individuals instead of $600 checks -- while also insisting that "wasteful and unnecessary" items be cut from the year-end spending package that was attached to the pandemic aid.