U.S. Congress
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2020
Mills administration proposes hiring freeze, spending cuts to offset revenue lost to pandemic
The plan proposes a hiring freeze and delaying technology upgrades to help make up for more than $500 million in revenue losses.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2020
Our View: Aid for state, local governments should be part of relief package
Cuts to government programs and services could lengthen the COVID-caused recession.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2020
McConnell says Senate to vote on ‘targeted’ virus aid package
Some Republican senators with close reelection races are anxious to respond further to the pandemic, but Democrats are insisting on more sweeping relief.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2020
Hopes fading for coronavirus deal as Congress returns
The bipartisan unity that drove almost $3 trillion in COVID-19 rescue legislation has been replaced by a return to Washington dysfunction.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2020
Pelosi, Meadows talk $2.2 trillion virus aid, but no deal in sight
The House speaker and White House chief of staff have resumed discussions over a stalled COVID-19 relief package.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2020
Jim Fossel: Congress should stand up to Trump’s power grab
The Founders wanted the legislative branch to be a check on the executive's power, but that's not happening.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2020
Trump, Mnuchin try to pressure Democrats back into negotiations on economic relief talks
Despite the rhetoric - and a claim by Trump on Sunday that the Democrats had called him - there has been no communication between the two sides since two weeks of fruitless talks collapsed on Friday.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2020
Ballot delivery not an ‘acute’ concern for Maine’s top election official
Mainers broke records in the July primary when they cast more than 200,000 votes by absentee ballot, and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap thinks that number will triple for November.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2020
Virus relief talks collapse as Trump readies executive orders
Prospects for a deal fade as the economic recovery shows signs of losing steam, millions of Americans remain unemployed, and deaths climb.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2020
Trump threatens executive action as virus relief deal remains elusive
The administration has asked federal agencies to identify all of the money they have not yet spent from the $2 trillion CARES Act, which passed in March.
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