Floor Activity Headlines
Senate passes, House clears $484B small-business, healthcare package, Trump Signs
House votes to create coronavirus investigative panel
Foreign Policy
Trump Withholding Over $350 Million From the WHO, But Congress Still Key to Investigating International Coronavirus Response
Nikki Haley Urges Congress to Investigate CCP’s Role in Pandemic
Republican senators ask U.N. chief for independent WHO review panel
Constitution
Pelosi Wants Next Relief Bill to ‘Enable the American People to Vote-By-Mail’
Trade
Support Surges in House for Bringing Back Supply Chains From China
Federal Spending
Citizens Against Government Waste Compiles Earmarks Database
Retirement funds for federal, military retirees may soon be investing in China defense firms
Trump on Growing Debt from CCP Virus Response: ‘Do We Have a Choice?’
Coronavirus Phase 3 ($2 trillion)
• Congress sowed, small business owners reap
• Grassley Says Big Chains Should Not Have Received Aid Meant for Small Businesses
Coronavirus Phase 3.5 ($484 billion passed this week)
• Chamber of Commerce president: PPP 2.0 won't be enough
• 'Unacceptable': Liberal faction of Democratic caucus question small-business aid
Coronavirus Phase 4 (in negotiation)
• Democrats, Republicans draw battle lines over next coronavirus stimulus bill
• Governors Call for New COVID-19 Relief Bill for States and Territories
• Cuomo says Trump agreed to push for state funding in next coronavirus bill
• McConnell Says He Supports Letting States Declare Bankruptcy Amid Pandemic
• Pelosi Says Next Relief Bill Will Be ‘Expensive’ and Must Contain Aid to States
• The next coronavirus battle lines are drawn
Remember Phase 1 ($3.8 billion) and Phase 2 ($104 billion)? We've been on an exponentially upward trajectory adding at least a zero with each phase of these relief packages. If only now Phase 4 is going to be “expensive” (as if all the others haven't been already), how much could Congress actually consider spending?
Senate Majority Leader McConnell has put the Senate on notice that any further legislating of this nature will require Senators to vote in person. No more spending by unanimous consent. Senators Mike Lee and Rand Paul, who both spoke on the Senate floor about Phase 3.5, have affirmed the same.
Commerce Policy
Rand Paul returns to Congress after beating coronavirus and gives a fiery speech against 'draconian' lockdown — Floor Speech
GOP Senator Says Economy Will Collapse If We Wait Too Long To Reopen
Health Care Policy
Congressmen Optimistic for Bills Decoupling US from China on Drugs, But Warn a Long Road is Ahead
Congress
House voting operations
• 'I see a lot of dangers': GOP leaders oppose measure to allow proxy voting
• House Majority Leader Hoyer Urges Democratic Leaders to Prioritize Remote Voting
• Vote on Rules Change for Proxy Voting Cancelled, Bipartisan Group to Plan Reopening House
• Pelosi, House Dems Back Off Remote Voting Plan, Task Force to Study the Issue
Zoom-bombing disrupted a House Oversight Committee meeting
Congresswoman on Panel Overseeing Virus Payouts Admits Failure to Disclose Stock Sales
Senators Mike Lee and Rand Paul Criticize Senate Voting Process for Phase 3.5 Relief Bill
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