The mammoth COVID-19 relief billpassed by CongressMonday night includes several provisions that will have a major impact on physicians going forward. The bill now moves to President Donald Trump's desk for his approval. Foremost among these components is a measure that bans most surprise medical...
Congress continues to debate a long list of proposals that would provide federal education aid to districts damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. But the initial urgency for school aid appears to have stalled, and ...
Democrats have touted the $1.9-trillion COVID-19 relief bill that U.S. President Joe Biden just signed into law as one of the most popular bills in decades, calling it a bold measure for people across the country that would significantly cut poverty and boost recover...
Created in conjunction with the CARE Act, the Paycheck Protection Program is one of the largest small business relief bills ever passed by congress. The program is designed to encourage employers to retain their payroll during the crisis to help support the U.S. workforce and businesses in the ...
two parts. Part One, which included the Defense; Commerce, Justice, Science; Homeland Security; and Financial Services sections of the omnibus, passed by a vote of 327 to 85. Part Two included eight spending bills — including the COVID relief bill — and passed by a margin of 359 to ...
The president expressed dismay with the$2.3 trillion packagethat Congress passed Monday, which includes $900 billion in coronavirus relief and $1.4 trillion to fund the government until October, conflating the two bills and saying the spending goals were misguided. ...
Mr. Biden said he was confident "there are a sufficient number of Democrats and Republicans" in Congress "to put together a serious package that will keep us from going off the edge here." He acknowledged "it's not going to satisfy everybody, but the option is, if you insist on every...
The Democratic-majority House of Representatives passedthe first$3.4 trillion Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act on May 15, 2020. In response, onJuly 27, 2020, Senate Republicans introduced a series of eight bills (S4318,S4317,S4319,S4320,S4321,S4322,S4323,...
Over the opposition of Republican leaders in Congress and a veto threat by President Reagan, farm-state Republicans joined with Democrats Wednesday to steer emergency aid for the nation's farmers through both the House and the Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Congress riven along party lines approved the landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Democrats claimed a major triumph on legislation marshaling the government’s spending might against twin