Senate Democrats agreed to prevent $1,400 stimulus checks from going to high earners and to remove a $15-an-hour minimum wage from President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package during the marathon “vote-a-rama” that ended early Friday. But the measure — part of the package rammed through by a vote of 51-50, with Vice President Kamala […]
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) held talks on Thursday about reaching a COVID-19 relief deal before Christmas, with both expressing a desire to quickly pass legislation, according to a senior aide to Pelosi. “The Speaker and Leader McConnell spoke at 12:45 p.m. today by phone about their shared commitment […]