President Donald Trump's administration said he would veto the bill. And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has also said it would not pass the Republican-held chamber.
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is now among the Republican Party’s most prominent voices teaching his colleagues what it’s like to be a Black man in America.
It’s a defining moment for the political parties heading toward the election and one that will affect the livelihoods of countless Americans suddenly dependent on the federal government.
But Republicans are wary of another round of aid, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared the Democratic proposal a grab bag of “pet priorities.”
The Senate, meanwhile, remains on track to return Monday.
Under his plan, the aid would be phased out at income thresholds of $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 per couple. Additionally, there would be $500 payments for each child.
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, along with other Republicans, reportedly pushed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to back off some of his proposed rules for the trial.
Robert Mueller’s warning that Russian interference is still happening “as we sit” is putting pressure on Republican leaders in Congress to join Democrats in passing additional election security legislation.
Even though the bill has little chance of passing the Republican-led Senate, or being signed into law by President Trump, the proposed bill pushes a $15/hour wage to the forefront as the new standard.
The president stunned Republicans last week by announcing he wanted to try again to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, insisting the GOP could become the “party of health care.”
The package to end the shutdown will include one bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security at current levels, with $1.3 billion for border security, through Feb. 8.
Federal workers and contractors forced to stay home or work without pay are experiencing mounting stress from the impasse affecting hundreds of thousands of them.
