Category: Government Updates
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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Drafting Our Daughters? U.S. Commission Recommends Women Be Forcefully Conscripted
An 11-member commission set up by the U.S. Congress will recommend that women should be eligible for the draft, which gives more ammunition to lawmakers...
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Speaker Pelosi Includes Student Loan Cancellation, $15 Minimum Wage in Stimulus Bill
On Monday, March 23 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., introduced her economic stimulus bill with a price tag of $2.5 trillion. While it...
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What if Congress Held a Vote and No One Could Come?
The coronavirus is making everyone re-think how we do business, including our elected representatives on Capitol Hill. With members of both houses of Congress either...
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Senate Democrats Again Shoot Down $1.8 Trillion Emergency Stimulus Bill
In a tie vote of 47-47 on Sunday evening, Senate Democrats blocked H.R. 748, the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019 from...
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Four Senators Accused of Selling Off Stock After Confidential Coronavirus Briefings
Four U.S. Senators: Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., James Inhofe, R-Okla. and Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. have been accused by several media outlets of...
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Congress Eyes $1 Trillion Stimulus Package to Stem Coronavirus Fallout
Now that President Trump has signed a second coronavirus bill into law this week, Congress is turning its attention to a massive stimulus bill to...
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Biden Announces “LGBTQ+” Plans – Calls for Reversal of “Broad Religious Exemptions”
Former Vice President Joe Biden recently unveiled a plan to advance LGBTQ+ issues “in America and around the world.” The plan says, “Donald Trump and...
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