by Jim Heath | Dec 28, 2020 | Congress, Headlines, Trump
The House voted today to increase COVID-19 relief checks to $2,000, meeting President Trump’s demand for bigger payments and sending the bill to the GOP-controlled Senate, where the outcome is uncertain. Democrats led passage, 275-134, their majority favoring...
by Jim Heath | Dec 27, 2020 | 2020, Congress, Headlines, Trump
President Trump late today signed the stimulus bill into law, averting a Tuesday government shutdown. His decision to back down and sign the measure will release $900 billion in stimulus funds into the economy that had been held up for nearly a week. WAPO: Three...
by Jim Heath | Dec 27, 2020 | 2020, Battlegrounds, Congress, Headlines
The Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, the Democratic challengers in the Senate runoffs in Georgia, have each raised more than $100 million since October. Enormous sums that surpassed their Republican opponents by a significant margin and underscored Democrats’...
by Jim Heath | Dec 22, 2020 | 2020, Congress, Headlines
Alex Padilla, California’s secretary of state, has been appointed to fill the Senate seat held by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today, capping months of intense political jockeying among Democratic factions in the state. NYTimes: The...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2020 | 2020, Congress, GOP, Headlines
Marjorie Taylor Greene has become the first supporter of the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory to win a US House seat. Greene, a Republican businesswoman, was declared the winner in Georgia’s 14th congressional district. The future congresswoman has faced national...
by Jim Heath | Oct 13, 2020 | 2020, Congress, Democrats, GOP, Headlines
The Cook Political Report updated its Senate forecast Tuesday saying Democrats are likely to gain between two and seven seats in the November election. Republicans currently hold a 53-47 Senate majority, so the best-case scenario for the party looks to be holding onto...
