Yet another major newspaper has criticized the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion spending bill that neither prioritizes crushing the virus nor creates jobs. As the Wall Street Journal writes, “most of the blowout is a list of longtime Democratic spending priorities flying under the ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) sent a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) calling for an immediate hearing to investigate New York nursing home deaths. The letter was joined by Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY). In New York, New York Governor Andrew ...
Democrats are failing to target their covid relief bill to help those who need it, according to an editorial by The Washington Post. The newspaper's editorial board urges Democrats to provide relief "on the widest bipartisan basis possible," writing "this particular bit of sausage-making ...
WASHINGTON—Democrats are not only failing to crush the virus and create jobs in their partisan push to pass a $1.9 trillion bill, they also won’t address major shortcomings by leaving out GOP-led fixes that Americans need and deserve. Ways and Means Republicans' newly released
Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Members Call on IRS Commissioner to Provide Plan to Address Unprocessed Returns American taxpayers could be harmed during the 2020 tax filing season because of a backlog of approximately 11 million unprocessed 2019 tax returns without action by the IRS, according to a letter to IRS Commissioner Rettig from all five Republican Members of the Ways and ...
House Democrats are pushing a partisan bill while rejecting crucial changes that could help workers, families, and Main Street businesses. During Thursday’s mark-up, members recalled how one provision in particular in the bipartisan CARES bill was crucial to saving American businesses. Congress Offered Bipartisan Support to Struggling Main Street Businesses Facing ...
The good news: The Biden Administration announced today that the United States was able to secure an additional 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. This news builds on the successful work of Operation Warp Speed. Under President ...
In the second day of debate in the Ways and Means Committee on President Biden’s nearly $2 trillion “stimulus” package, Republicans again offered bipartisan fixes that would refocus the package on crushing the virus and reopening the economy. For the second day in a row, Democrats rejected or put off every Republican proposal. Here is what the majority party said no to: NO ...
Partisan Process over Bipartisan Success Fighting the Virus: 2020: Republicans and Democrats worked together on fivebills to achieve $3.5 trillion in relief for the American people facing the Coronavirus pandemic. 2021: Democrats and President Biden pursue a completely partisan approach, despite clear problems with the legislation flagged by Republicans. Democrats Say ...
Hours into a mark-up of the first day of hearing, Democrats are continuing to reject good-faith amendments offered by Republicans to target the $1.9 Trillion Biden bill towards crushing the coronavirus and reopening the economy. The bill text was released just before close of business on Monday. Amendments to the bill have been substantive, ensuring better targeting of relief to those who need ...