Politics/US Congress & Senate

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

Laws pass by Congress

• Third Coronavirus Aid Bill Deal
  • 25 MAR 2020 Stimulus Package Details
  • 25 MAR 2020 Everything you need to know about the stimulus checks in the coronavirus relief bill
  • IRS (Finally!) Launches Registration Tool For Stimulus Checks

News About Congressional Actions

• 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

• 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