WASHINGTON — The House is expected to vote Friday on an $3 trillion coronavirus relief package crafted by Democrats that would include another round of stimulus payments of up to $1,200 per person.The timing of the vote on the 1,815-page HEROES Act, which Democratic leaders unveiled on Wednesday, hasn't been announced, but it's likely to…
Several Democrats are bucking their party and voting against Speaker Nancy Pelosi's $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill in the House on Friday.Some moderate members in swing districts -- including Reps. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, Joe Cunningham of South Carolina, Kendra Horn of Oklahoma and Cindy Axne of Iowa -- ripped the massive measure as a one-sided partisan bill…
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House Democrats moved toward passage Friday of a $3 trillion tax cut and spending bill that they have said would aim to address economic fallout from the novel coronavirus outbreak, directing huge sums of money into all corners of the economy.But the White House and Senate Republicans have said they will immediately cast the bill…
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 12: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, arrives at a news conference to deliver a ... [+] statement on the Heroes Act aid package introduced by House democrats, May 12, 2020 on Capitol Hill, in Washington D.C. The legislation provides nearly $1 trillion for states and cities, and "hazard pay" for essential…
Democrats amended the Heroes Act and chose to focus on “economically distressed borrowers” with ... [+] forgiveness, providing $10,000 in cancellation to them. Getty Just two days after releasing the Heroes Act, House Democrats have released an amendment to the bill. The original bill called for $10,000 in student loan cancellation for all borrowers and…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…