Stimulus Package
Hand gestures are commonplace in the Senate, but Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is getting flack for the way she voted against a $15 minimum wage.
The agreement paves the way for President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill to move forward in the Senate.
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has vowed to delay final passage for hours by making the Senate's clerk read the entire bill aloud.
The $1.9 trillion plan is broadly popular, but that isn't stopping GOP members of Congress from lining up against it.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Some higher-earning households would miss out on partial COVID-19 relief payments worth thousands of dollars.
There’s a desperately needed $39 billion bailout for child care providers in the bill, a sign that lawmakers finally understand the importance caregiving.
Centrist Democratic senators want stricter limits on checks, smaller jobless aid, and to reallocate some state and local funding toward health care providers and infrastructure projects.
“I would be surprised if there was support in the Republican caucus if the bill comes out at $1.9 trillion," said Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
Millions have been forced out of the workforce because of the coronavirus pandemic; the vice president says the White House rescue package will help.
Democrats are trying to prove they can do two things at the same time.