Category: relief bill

Biden, Senate Democrats Strike Deal on Stimulus Check Thresholds, Unemployment Boost

President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats reached a deal on key provisions of the COVID-19 relief bill on March 3 that will see the pandemic unemployment benefit top-up stay at $400 through August, while eligibility thresholds for the $1,400 direct payments to U.S. families will be tighter. White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked…


GOP Senator to Push for 10 Hour Reading of $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Bill

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he will push for Senate clerks to read out the entire 600-page $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on the Senate floor, a move that he expects would probably delay the vote on the bill by 10 hours. “I’m going to make the Senate clerk read the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion bill….


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (March 2)

President Joe Biden is meeting with Senate Democrats today about the relief bill, ahead of the Senate debate. Does the $15 minimum wage hike still have a chance? A Democrat House Representative from Texas says President Biden’s immigration policies will be catastrophic. Rudy Giuliani is the latest conservative voice to get silenced by big tech….


Vast Majority of $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill Does Not Target Pandemic: Rep. Mike Kelly

The vast majority of the COVID-19 relief is not targeted for actual pandemic relief, and is intended to back Democrat-controlled states, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) told The Epoch Times at CPAC on Sunday. The congressman explained that the $1.9 trillion bill is actually an addition to a trillion dollars already allotted for COVID-19 relief. “I…


Vast Majority of $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill Doesn’t Target Pandemic: Rep. Kelly

The vast majority of the COVID-19 relief bill isn’t targeted for actual pandemic relief and is intended to back Democratic-controlled states, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) told The Epoch Times at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 28. The congressman said the $1.9 trillion measure is actually an addition to the $1 trillion already allotted…


‘The Swamp Is Back,’ McCarthy Says of $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill’s Passage

Ahead of a late-night vote that saw the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package adopted, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) criticized the bill for its bevy of non-COVID-19-related spending, alleging it caters to “special interest allies” and proclaiming that “the swamp is back.” “I’m about to say something that the American people don’t want to…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Feb. 26)

The House is set to vote on the nearly $2 trillion relief bill today. But even if it’s passed, it seems like one item in there will be blocked in the Senate. Markets look like they’re preparing for inflation but gold and silver aren’t behaving as they should. NTD asks an expert why. Nevada drivers…


Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill Is ‘Neo-Socialist Wish List’: Sen. John Kennedy

Republicans are rallying against Democrats’ proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, with Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) the latest to pan the package as a wish list of liberal spending priorities unrelated to the pandemic. Kennedy made the remarks on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” Thursday, when he alleged that, “the profligacy is mind-numbing.” “The motto of…


Democrat’s $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill Is ‘Neo-Socialist Wish List’: Sen. John Kennedy

Republicans are rallying against Democrats’ proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, with Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) the latest to pan the package as a wish list of liberal spending priorities unrelated to the pandemic. Kennedy made the remarks on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” Thursday, when he alleged that, “the profligacy is mind-numbing.” “The motto of…


House COVID-19 Relief Bill Contains Over $100 Million for California Electric Train

The freshly unveiled COVID-19 relief bill contains more than $100 million for an underground rail project in California, according to the text of the draft document and an analysis by Fox Business, with critics calling the allocation part of a Democrat “wish list” that has nothing to do with pandemic recovery. Democrats on Friday unveiled…