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| − | '''This is to collect official bills, laws, orders and actions by the United States Federal Government | + | = US Legislative Branch - Congress/Senate = |
| + | '''This is to collect official bills, laws, orders and actions by the United States Federal Government, as well as topical news about members of Congress''' | ||
| − | =Executive Branch Orders and Actions (by the White House or any Cabinet member, Department head or their associated Federal Organizations | + | ==Executive Branch Orders and Actions (by the White House or any Cabinet member, Department head or their associated Federal Organizations== |
| − | =Laws pass by Congress= | + | ==Laws pass by Congress== |
| − | * [https://www.vox.com/2020/3/25/21192716/senate-deal-coronavirus-stimulus Third Coronavirus Aid Bill Deal] | + | |
| − | * 25 MAR 2020 [https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/25/politics/stimulus-package-details-coronavirus/index.html Stimulus Package Details] | + | * 25 MAR 2020 [https://www.vox.com/2020/3/25/21192716/senate-deal-coronavirus-stimulus Third Coronavirus Aid Bill Deal] |
| − | * 25 MAR 2020 [https://fortune.com/2020/03/25/stimulus-check-coronavirus-relief-bill-when-checks-sent-who-qualifies-how-much-retirees-taxable-direct-payment-faq/ Everything you need to know about the stimulus checks in the coronavirus relief bill] | + | ** 25 MAR 2020 [https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/25/politics/stimulus-package-details-coronavirus/index.html Stimulus Package Details] |
| + | ** 25 MAR 2020 [https://fortune.com/2020/03/25/stimulus-check-coronavirus-relief-bill-when-checks-sent-who-qualifies-how-much-retirees-taxable-direct-payment-faq/ Everything you need to know about the stimulus checks in the coronavirus relief bill] | ||
| + | ** [https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2020/04/10/irs-finally-launches-registration-tool-for-stimulus-checks/#43a08d414a7a IRS (Finally!) Launches Registration Tool For Stimulus Checks] | ||
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| + | ==News About Congressional Actions== | ||
| + | * 11 MAY 2020 [https://apnews.com/d96471ec222d17fcb6fbe9ebdd1aac91 Pelosi unveils $3T virus bill, warns inaction costs more] | ||
| + | * 14 APR 2020[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/14/coronavirus-law-congress-tax-change/ Tax change in coronavirus package overwhelmingly benefits millionaires, congressional body finds] | ||
| + | * 07 APR 2020 [https://www.newsweek.com/essential-workers-would-get-25000-boost-under-senate-democrats-new-heroes-fund-stimulus-1496639 ESSENTIAL WORKERS WOULD GET UP TO $25,000 BOOST UNDER SENATE DEMOCRATS' NEW 'HEROES FUND' STIMULUS] | ||
| + | * 30 MAR 2020 [https://www.vox.com/2020/3/30/21200210/democrats-republicans-fourth-coronavirus-bill-infrastructure Democrats are ready to start work on a fourth coronavirus bill. Republicans want to wait.] | ||
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| + | == GOP == | ||
| + | * 08 MAY 2020 [https://www.businessinsider.com/lindsey-graham-congress-coronavirus-unemployment-benefit-over-our-dead-bodies-2020-4 'Over our dead bodies': Lindsey Graham vows Congress won't extend additional $600 coronavirus-related unemployment benefits, as US death toll crosses the 60,000 mark] | ||
| + | * 25 APR 2020 [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/25/us/politics/trump-election-briefings.html?smid=tw-share Nervous Republicans See Trump Sinking, and Taking Senate With Him] | ||
| + | * 22 APR 2020 [https://lawandcrime.com/covid-19-pandemic/chuck-grassley-is-concerned-that-trump-effectively-eliminated-oversight-of-pandemic-cares-act-recovery-inspector-general/ Chuck Grassley Is ‘Concerned’ That Trump Effectively Eliminated Oversight of Pandemic Recovery] | ||
| + | * 05 APR 2020 [https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/09/sen-loeffler-to-help-oversee-cftc-which-oversees-husbands-company.html CNBC: New Sen. Kelly Loeffler will help oversee agency that regulates her husband’s company] | ||
| + | * 02 APR 2020 [https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/4/1/21202900/kelly-loeffler-stock-sales-coronavirus-pandemic Sen. Kelly Loeffler sold at least $18 million more in stocks before the coronavirus crash than previously reported] | ||
| + | * 20 MAR 2020 [https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/gop-senators-sold-stock-after-coronavirus-briefings-report.html At Least Two GOP Senators Dumped Millions in Stock After Closed-Door Coronavirus Briefings: Report] | ||
| + | * 19 MAR 2020 [https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818192535/burr-recording-sparks-questions-about-private-comments-on-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR248nYE47pN7_OSAY7651kkETZI_a5hd55l3VvfxGAuiZuEIpMby4ITVjM Sen. Burr Sparks Questions about Private Comments on COVID-19] | ||
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| + | ==Democrats== | ||
| + | * 23 APR 2020 [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/23/trump-versus-pelosi-what-happened-chinatown Trump vs. Pelosi: What happened in Chinatown] | ||
| + | * 16 APR 2020 [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-tweet-chinatown-tourism/ Did Pelosi Delete a Tweet That Showed Her Promoting Chinatown Tourism?] | ||
| + | ** ''What's False: However, Trump's travel restriction did not fully "close [the U.S.] border to China," and archives do not document Pelosi's Twitter account having posted and then deleted a video of her Chinatown event.'' | ||
| + | * 15 APR 2020 [https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-would-receive-2000-a-month-under-house-democrats-plan-2020-4 House Democrats introduce plan to pay Americans $2,000 a month until economy recovers from COVID-19] | ||
| + | * 14 APR 2020[https://apnews.com/42416dadf903b34dcf8f0de5b69b5f81 Democratic bills call for racial breakdown of COVID-19 cases] | ||
| + | * 12 MAR 2020 [https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/politics/katie-porter-cdc-coronavirus-testing-white-board/index.html Rep. Katie Porter gets CDC chief to agree to pay for coronavirus testing] | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:54, 13 May 2020
Contents
US Legislative Branch - Congress/Senate
This is to collect official bills, laws, orders and actions by the United States Federal Government, as well as topical news about members of Congress
Executive Branch Orders and Actions (by the White House or any Cabinet member, Department head or their associated Federal Organizations
Laws pass by Congress
- 25 MAR 2020 Third Coronavirus Aid Bill Deal
News About Congressional Actions
- 11 MAY 2020 Pelosi unveils $3T virus bill, warns inaction costs more
- 14 APR 2020Tax change in coronavirus package overwhelmingly benefits millionaires, congressional body finds
- 07 APR 2020 ESSENTIAL WORKERS WOULD GET UP TO $25,000 BOOST UNDER SENATE DEMOCRATS' NEW 'HEROES FUND' STIMULUS
- 30 MAR 2020 Democrats are ready to start work on a fourth coronavirus bill. Republicans want to wait.
GOP
- 08 MAY 2020 'Over our dead bodies': Lindsey Graham vows Congress won't extend additional $600 coronavirus-related unemployment benefits, as US death toll crosses the 60,000 mark
- 25 APR 2020 Nervous Republicans See Trump Sinking, and Taking Senate With Him
- 22 APR 2020 Chuck Grassley Is ‘Concerned’ That Trump Effectively Eliminated Oversight of Pandemic Recovery
- 05 APR 2020 CNBC: New Sen. Kelly Loeffler will help oversee agency that regulates her husband’s company
- 02 APR 2020 Sen. Kelly Loeffler sold at least $18 million more in stocks before the coronavirus crash than previously reported
- 20 MAR 2020 At Least Two GOP Senators Dumped Millions in Stock After Closed-Door Coronavirus Briefings: Report
- 19 MAR 2020 Sen. Burr Sparks Questions about Private Comments on COVID-19
Democrats
- 23 APR 2020 Trump vs. Pelosi: What happened in Chinatown
- 16 APR 2020 Did Pelosi Delete a Tweet That Showed Her Promoting Chinatown Tourism?
- What's False: However, Trump's travel restriction did not fully "close [the U.S.] border to China," and archives do not document Pelosi's Twitter account having posted and then deleted a video of her Chinatown event.
- 15 APR 2020 House Democrats introduce plan to pay Americans $2,000 a month until economy recovers from COVID-19
- 14 APR 2020Democratic bills call for racial breakdown of COVID-19 cases
- 12 MAR 2020 Rep. Katie Porter gets CDC chief to agree to pay for coronavirus testing
