Senators pull all-nighter inching toward COVID-19 relief vote

Senators worked throughout the night Friday into Saturday as the chamber considered various amendments to the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, with a final vote expected later in the day.The chamber is hol…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's delay tactics frustrate GOP

Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s efforts to delay congressional business by forcing futile procedural votes to adjourn the House each day are disrupting committee hearings and virtual constituent meetings -…
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Senate Democrats vote to provide $300 unemployment benefits into September

Senate Democrats voted early Saturday morning to provide a $300 weekly federal unemployment payment into early September-effectively undoing a GOP effort to end those payments in mid-July.Senators voted 50-49 to ad…
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Senate GOP gets short-lived win on unemployment fight

Senate Republicans are getting what’s expected to be a short-lived win in a fight over unemployment benefits in Democrats’ nearly $1.9 trillion coronavirus bill.
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McConnell makes failed bid to adjourn Senate after hours-long delay

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday made a failed bid to adjourn the Senate and punt the debate on the Democratic coronavirus bill until Saturday.
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Trump announces new tranche of endorsements

Former President Trump released a new tranche of endorsements as he asserts himself as the leader of the Republican Party going into the 2022 midterms.
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Senate holds longest vote in history as Democrats scramble to save relief bill

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) held open a vote on a minimum wage amendment for a record 11 hours and 50 minutes Friday to buy time to save the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill after Sen. Joe Manchin (D…
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Cuomo accuser says governor did not take sexual harassment training

Charlotte Bennett, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) who has accused him of sexual harassment, said the governor did not undergo sexual harassment training.
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Ex-Trump appointee arrested in Capitol riot complains he won't be able to sleep in jail

Federico Guillermo Klein, a former State Department staff assistant …
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Biden helps broker Senate deal on unemployment benefits

One of President Biden’s biggest selling points on the 2020 campaign trail was that he knows how Washington, and more specifically the Senate, works and could get things done.
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