Democrats continue to call for the $600 weekly unemployment benefits that were created as part of the CARES Act to be extended.
While Republicans agree that we must help workers through the recovery, extending these unemployment benefits will discourage work, shutter businesses, and prolong a recession.
Experts from both sides of the aisle agree. Here is what people are saying about Democrats' ...
York News-Times
Innovation: The Key to Fighting Infectious Diseases
By Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE)
July 20, 2020
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Washington Examiner
Invest More in Cures for Infectious Diseases
By Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA)
July 20, 2020
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As the federal government focuses on the immediate health ...
The Trump Administration announced today that it is distributing an addition $10 billion to hospitals in regions that have seen a high number of COVID-19 cases.
These funds were appropriated by Congress and signed into law by the President as part ...
Support continues to grow for House Ways and Means Republicans’s Agenda to Return to Work Safely. Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) introduced the Healthy Workplaces Tax Credit proposal to ensure local businesses are able to protect the health and safety of ...
Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) has proposed a "return to work bonus" bill that will help workers who have been temporarily laid off reconnect to their jobs.
Mr. Brady's proposal is simple. If a worker who is currently receiving federal unemployment benefits accepts a job offer, they can keep up to two weeks of their current benefits -- up to $1,200 -- to return to work.
The ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Tom Reed (R-NY) delivered the following opening statement at a Subcommittee Hearing on The Impact of COVID-19 on Social Security and its Beneficiaries.
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Remarks as prepared for ...
The Hill
A Tax Credit for Healthy Workplaces
By Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC)
July 16, 2020
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A historic jobs boom came after the slowest economic recovery in U.S. history ...
Key Points:
- The Trump Administration announced a new initiative that will lead to expanded testing for COVID-19 in nursing homes.
-The initiative builds on the President’s efforts to increase U.S. testing capacity to conduct millions of coronavirus tests each day.
Details:
Key Democrats, including New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, have neglected U.S. ...
Washington Examiner
Schumer's response to coronavirus: Tax cuts for the rich
By Tim Carney
July 15, 2020
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There have long been many competing visions of the ...