Category: Government Updates
Trump Administration Bars Planned Parenthood from Receiving Small Business Loans
According to reports, the Trump Administration has ensured that Planned Parenthood is not eligible to apply for small business loans, which are part of a...
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Attorney General Warns States Not to Trample Constitutional Rights During Coronavirus
The tension between the need for public health closure orders and constitutional rights has been evident over the last month or more. Although many state...
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A Federal Appeals Court Creates New Constitutional Right to Education. What Could Go Wrong? Plenty.
Last week the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the education being provided to Detroit’s public school students was so bad, so inadequate,...
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Coronavirus Making Direct Democracy and Petition Gathering Nearly Impossible
The coronavirus has impacted many aspects of how Americans go about their daily lives. But it’s also impacting those trying to participate in the democratic...
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Looking Beyond the Coronavirus, Mitch McConnell Wants to Get Back to Confirming Judges
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, told nationally syndicated radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt recently that as soon as the Senate resumes, which is...
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Senate Passes $500 Billion COVID-19 Relief Package – Congressional Progressive Caucus Says It’s Not Enough
The U.S. Senate yesterday approved a fourth COVID relief package, the “Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act.” The legislation provides almost $500 billion...
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I Need Accurate Coronavirus Information. Where Can I Get It?
The governmental response to the coronavirus pandemic has involved all 50 states, plus the federal government. You can find all kinds of questionable “facts” and...
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Major Hotel and Restaurant Chains Score Millions in Coronavirus Small Business Loans
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a $350 billion federal coronavirus recovery program in the form of forgivable loans to businesses with fewer than 500 employees,...
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‘Problem Solver Caucus’ in the House Comes Up with Getting Back to Work Checklist
A bipartisan caucus of 25 Democrats and 25 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives just published a Reopen and Recovery Back to Work Checklist...
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President Trump Begins Opening Economy After Nation Loses 22 Million Jobs in Four Weeks
For the week ending April 14, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a report revealing that 5.25 million Americans filed for unemployment in that...
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Trump Administration Continues Ban on Newly Aborted Fetal Tissue for Coronavirus Research
After a push by 15 state Attorneys General for the Trump Administration to approve the use of fetal tissue newly procured through abortion to research...
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New Mexico Supreme Court Rejects Invitation to Switch to Mail-In Ballots; Only the Legislature Can Do That
Pandemics and quarantines seem to bring out the worst in public officials attempting to deal with “situations” they want to “fix.” Even if they’re operating...
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States Eye Voting-by-Mail Due to Coronavirus, but Concerns Rise Over Fraud and Abuse
Due to concerns over the coronavirus, and how in-person voting may adversely affect the public health, many states are now considering moving to a vote-by-mail...
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Tennessee Democrats Toss a Pro-Lifer Out of the Party
The Tennessee Democrat Party removed Representative John DeBerry, a 26-year veteran of the state House of Representatives, from its August primary ballot this week. “After...
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Socialist Bernie Sanders Drops Out of Democrat Presidential Primary
Senator Bernie Sanders, D-VT., has suspended his campaign for the Democrat nomination for President. He informed his campaign of the decision in a phone call...
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Paycheck Protection Program Allows Churches to Keep Operating Using Government-Backed Loans
As part of the CARES Act stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump on March 27, $367 billion was set...
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Democrats Prepare Additional “Phase Four” $2 Trillion Spending Bill
Though the ink isn’t yet dry on the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill that was passed last week, Democrats in Congress are preparing a new...
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White House COVID-19 Task Force Provides Important Information to Public
The White House COVID-19 Task Force continues to push valuable information to the public about the virus, the legislation Congress has recently passed to deal...
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President Trump Extends Social Distancing to April 30, Wants Deaths Under 200,000
On Sunday March 29, President Donald Trump held a press conference from the Rose Garden at the White House to update the nation on the...
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House Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act with Voice Vote
Over objections from Kentucky Representative Kevin Massie, R-Ky., who had asked for a roll call vote, the House of Representatives passed the $2 Trillion Coronavirus...
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Student Loan Cancellation Was Kept Out of the Stimulus Bill. That’s Great News.
As the House of Representatives prepares to pass an economic stimulus bill that will cost at least $2 trillion, some politicians wanted to include student...
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Senate Passes 2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Act – Pelosi Says House Will Now Review It, But Insists, ‘We Want More’
Yesterday, the Senate worked throughout the day to finalize and pass the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” (CARES Act), a stimulus bill to...
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President Trump Reaches Record-High Approval Rating
President Donald Trump has reached a record-high approval rating in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The reputable polling organization, Gallup, released a poll which...
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Senate and White House Reach Agreement on $2 Trillion ‘Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act’ – Now It’s Up to the House
U.S. Senate leaders worked with the White House late into the night on Tuesday to craft the third piece of legislation to provide relief for...
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