Trump Halts COVID-19 Relief Bill Talks Until After Election

Trump Halts COVID-19 Relief Bill Talks Until After Election

Mona Salama
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October 6, 2020
President Trump on Tuesday instructed his administration to stop negotiating with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on future coronavirus stimulus relief package until after the November election. In a series of four tweets, Trump called out Pelosi for not "negotiating in good faith" by wanting a $2.4 Trillion stimulus package that focuses on funding issues […]
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Trump Officially Nominates Amy Coney Barrett To Fill Supreme Court Vacancy

Trump Officially Nominates Amy Coney Barrett To Fill Supreme Court Vacancy

Mona Salama
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September 26, 2020
President Trump officially announced that he has selected Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to fill the vacancy of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, setting up a bitter Senate confirmation battle with just five weeks left until Election Day. “I stand before you today to fulfill one of my highest […]
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Biden Slams Trump’s Election Comment: 'What Country Are We In?'

Biden Slams Trump’s Election Comment: 'What Country Are We In?'

Mona Salama
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September 24, 2020
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden questioned President Trump’s response to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election. When landed in Wilmington, Delaware Wednesday night after campaigning in North Carolina, Biden was asked about the president’s earlier remarks from his White House briefing. “What country are we in?” […]
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Biden Says Ruth Bader Ginsburg Successor Should Be Filled By Presidential Race Winner

Biden Says Ruth Bader Ginsburg Successor Should Be Filled By Presidential Race Winner

Mona Salama
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September 18, 2020
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden told reporters Friday night that the winner of the presidential race should be the person who gets to pick the successor for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court. “But there is no doubt. Let me be clear that the voters should pick the president, and the […]
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McConnell Unveils $1 Trillion HEALS Act Coronavirus Relief Package

McConnell Unveils $1 Trillion HEALS Act Coronavirus Relief Package

Mona Salama
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July 27, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) formally unveiled the GOP coronavirus relief proposal on Monday, after a week of disagreements between the White House and fellow Senate Republicans that will now set the stage for a showdown with Democrats over a fifth package bill. “Just like in March with the CARES Act, Senate Republicans have […]
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Schumer Criticizes ‘Disorganized’ GOP Over Division In Coronavirus Stimulus Proposal

Schumer Criticizes ‘Disorganized’ GOP Over Division In Coronavirus Stimulus Proposal

Mona Salama
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July 23, 2020
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) lambasted Senate Republicans for being so “disorganized” and “chaotic” as they remain internally divided on several key issues to reach an agreement on a GOP coronavirus stimulus proposal.  "It's in the middle of the week, and the Republican Party is so disorganized, chaotic and unprepared that they can barely […]
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Trump Signs Memorandum To Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From Census 2020 Count

Trump Signs Memorandum To Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From Census 2020 Count

Mona Salama
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July 21, 2020
President Trump on Tuesday signed a presidential memorandum directing the Secretary of Commerce to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted in the 2020 census for the purpose of next year's congressional apportionment. “I have accordingly determined that respect for the law and protection of the integrity of the democratic process warrant the exclusion of illegal […]
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Biden Vows To Treat Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections As ‘Adversarial Act’

Biden Vows To Treat Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections As ‘Adversarial Act’

Mona Salama
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July 20, 2020
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Monday said he is putting Russia and other foreign governments “on notice,” vowing if elected swift retaliation by treating foreign interference attempting to interfere in the U.S. elections as “adversarial act.” “Today, I am putting the Kremlin and other foreign governments on notice,” Biden said in a lengthy statement. […]
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Pelosi Says GOP Are ‘Trying To Get Away With Murder’ On Police Reform Bill

Pelosi Says GOP Are ‘Trying To Get Away With Murder’ On Police Reform Bill

Mona Salama
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June 23, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in a radio interview Tuesday evening asserted that Senate Republicans are “trying to get away with the murder of George Floyd” with their version of the police reform bill. “In other words, for something to happen, they’re going to have to face the reality of police brutality, the rallies of […]
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Trump Says AOC Should Challenge Schumer For Senate Seat: ‘She Would Win!’

Trump Says AOC Should Challenge Schumer For Senate Seat: ‘She Would Win!’

Mona Salama
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June 22, 2020
President Trump tweeted that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) “would win” a Senate primary election against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), predicting not only would she win, but “would be a big improvement.” “Actually, that would be a big improvement - and she would win!” Trump quote tweeted in response with the recent Washington Times […]
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Senate Republicans Introduce Police Reform Legislation

Senate Republicans Introduce Police Reform Legislation

Mona Salama
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June 17, 2020
Senate Republicans unveiled a police reform bill on Wednesday that aims to change policing procedures and beef up accountability, the latest effort by Congress to overhaul policing in response to nationwide protest and pressure following the death of George Floyd three weeks ago. The bill, dubbed the Justice Act (Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate […]
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Democrats Unveil Sweeping Police Reform Proposals

Democrats Unveil Sweeping Police Reform Proposals

Mona Salama
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June 8, 2020
House and Senate Democrats unveiled a comprehensive sweeping national proposed package Monday morning aimed at police reforms in response to protests over the death of George Floyd that seeks to hold police departments accountable, end the use of police chokeholds, create a national database to track officers with record of misconduct, and outline ways for […]
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Senate Republicans Approves First Subpoena in Biden-Burisma Probe

Senate Republicans Approves First Subpoena in Biden-Burisma Probe

Mona Salama
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May 20, 2020
Senate Republicans issued their first subpoena on Wednesday into the Ukrainian energy firm that hired former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden. The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted along party lines to issue a subpoena for Blue Star Strategies, a firm with ties to Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings. The subpoena asks […]
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Pelosi Criticized Trump As ‘Morbidly Obese’ That Shouldn’t Be Taking Hydroxychloroquine

Pelosi Criticized Trump As ‘Morbidly Obese’ That Shouldn’t Be Taking Hydroxychloroquine

Mona Salama
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May 19, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) criticized President Trump for taking hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for coronavirus, saying “its not a good idea” because he is “morbidly obese.” "As far as the President is concerned, he's our President and I would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists, especially […]
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Schumer Demands Senate Investigate Trump’s Coronavirus Response

Schumer Demands Senate Investigate Trump’s Coronavirus Response

Mona Salama
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April 28, 2020
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) plans on demanding Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to push for oversight hearings next week to investigate President Trump and his administration involved in the White House coronavirus task force for “failure at implementing” properly the numerous coronavirus relief packages. “I am sending a letter with my democratic […]
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Schumer Says White House, Democrats ‘Have a Deal’ on Additional Funding For Coronavirus Small-Business Loan

Schumer Says White House, Democrats ‘Have a Deal’ on Additional Funding For Coronavirus Small-Business Loan

Mona Salama
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April 21, 2020
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday said Democrats and the Trump administration have struck a deal on $450 billion package that includes additional funds for the emergency small business loan program, as well as funding for hospitals and testing and that the Senate could vote on this deal later in the day. “There […]
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White House, Senate Reach Deal on $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Package

White House, Senate Reach Deal on $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Package

Mona Salama
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March 25, 2020
The White House and Senate leaders struck a major deal early Wednesday morning on a massive $2-trillion relief package aimed at jolting the economy from the detrimental impact amid the coronavirus outbreak crisis.  The announcement caps five days of intense negotiations between senators and the White House that produced the most expensive and far-reaching bipartisan […]
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Senate Democrats Block ‘Phase 3’ Coronavirus Stimulus Bill For Second Time

Senate Democrats Block ‘Phase 3’ Coronavirus Stimulus Bill For Second Time

Mona Salama
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March 23, 2020
The Senate on Monday failed to move ahead with a massive coronavirus stimulus package aimed at helping the economy amid for the second time in two short days due to Democrats blocking the bill in an effort to include "an ideological wish list.”   The vote was 49-46, falling short of the 60 votes needed […]
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Trump Invokes Defense Production Act to Fight Coronavirus Outbreak

Trump Invokes Defense Production Act to Fight Coronavirus Outbreak

Mona Salama
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March 20, 2020
President Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act on Friday, an emergency wartime tool to accelerate the production of medical supplies to fight the coronavirus pandemic. On the Friday morning call, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urged the president to immediately invoke the act to get more necessarily medical equipment to people who need […]
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McConnell Introduces ‘Phase 3’ Coronavirus Relief Proposal

McConnell Introduces ‘Phase 3’ Coronavirus Relief Proposal

Mona Salama
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March 19, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced a $1 trillion emergency economic aid proposal to address the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak pandemic. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or “phase three" bill unveiled Thursday afternoon includes four major components: “direct financial help” for Americans, “rapid relief” for small businesses, “significant steps to stabilize our […]
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Lawmakers Bitterly Divided After Iran Briefing

Lawmakers Bitterly Divided After Iran Briefing

Mona Salama
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January 8, 2020
Members of Congress drew sharply different conclusions Wednesday after the Trump administration made its case that an imminent threat had justified the killing of a top Iranian military commander. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley and CIA Director Gina Haspel held a classified briefing […]
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Sec. Castro: everyone knows Trump

Sec. Castro: everyone knows Trump "acts like a white supremacist"

Daniel Molina
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July 16, 2019
"As the leader of our country, his politics, his strategy is about dividing people along racial lines."
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Democrats Pelosi and Schumer rail against AG Barr over Mueller Report

Democrats Pelosi and Schumer rail against AG Barr over Mueller Report

Javier Manjarres
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April 19, 2019
“Special Counsel Mueller’s report paints a disturbing picture of a president who has been weaving a web of deceit, lies and improper behavior and acting as if the law doesn’t apply to him. But if you hadn’t read the report and listened only to Mr. Barr, you wouldn’t have known any of that because Mr. Barr has been so misleading.
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Senate Democrats vote against natural disaster relief

Senate Democrats vote against natural disaster relief

Javier Manjarres
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April 1, 2019
Presented with the opportunity to put their senatorial money where their mouths are,
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Democrats accused of 'not engaging' on border security

Democrats accused of 'not engaging' on border security

Javier Manjarres
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January 31, 2019
“Honestly, to be a realist in this, I’ve been working for two years behind the scenes. I think the Democrats want the immigration issue more as an issue than a solution,” said Perdue.
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Pelosi, Schumer support senate gov't shutdown bill

Pelosi, Schumer support senate gov't shutdown bill

Javier Manjarres
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January 29, 2019
“The legislation will create an automatic continuing resolution (CR) for any regular appropriations bill or existing CR, keeping the federal government open when budget negotiations falter before key spending deadlines.”
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Pelosi, Schumer mocked by GOP congressman

Pelosi, Schumer mocked by GOP congressman

Javier Manjarres
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January 11, 2019
Democrats do not want the wall, while Republicans like Rep. Ted Yoho (FL) support the president’s campaign promise to build a wall along the U.S. southern border.
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Rubio

Rubio "not Against" DACA Bill With Scott

Daniel Molina
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January 11, 2019
This week marked a major moment in President Donald Trump’s first term in office as he asserted that the issues concerning the border constitute a crisis. After taking to national airwaves to share his thoughts on why strengthening border security is important, Democrats held their own response, positioning Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi to give […]
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Negotiations Continue to Avoid Government Shutdown

Negotiations Continue to Avoid Government Shutdown

Daniel Molina
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December 21, 2018
Since winning the 2016 Presidential election, President Donald Trump’s “wall” has been at the forefront of conversations. As 2018 comes to a close, the conversations heightened concerning funding for the wall. And, in a highly publicized and televised meeting between President Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer, Vice President Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi, an argument erupted […]
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Marco Rubio Backpedaling his Position on Immigration Reform

Marco Rubio Backpedaling his Position on Immigration Reform

Nicole Carroll
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January 8, 2015
With a possible presidential run in the future for Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) he is trying to backpedal from his previous position on immigration reform. If the latest election taught us anything it was American's do not want immigration reform and Rubio got the message loud and clear. His new book "American Dreams" comes out […]
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