Tag: Senate

The Democratic amendment from Sen. Ron Wyden gives unemployed people the $300/week federal boost to their regular checks through ...

Senate Democrats reach deal to rework jobless benefits after Covid bill stalls

WASHINGTON — On the verge of passing a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill, Senate Democrats spent more than nine ...

Democrats Want a Stronger Edge in the Senate. Ohio Could Be Crucial.

And few states, in the Midwest or beyond, have the symbolic resonance of Ohio, which for decades served as ...

Democrats advance Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill in marathon Senate session

Democrats in the U.S. Senate forged ahead with President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan early on Saturday, ...

Manchin, key Senate swing vote, boosts West Virginia’s hopes

West Virginia has long proclaimed itself “Almost Heaven,” a nod to a song and soaring mountaintop vistas. Now some ...

Live stimulus updates: Senate extends $300 weekly unemployment benefit in Biden’s COVID stimulus bill

The Senate amended President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill to include a $300 weekly federal unemployment benefit through ...

Senate Dems strike jobless aid deal, relief bill OK in sight

WASHINGTON: Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking ...

Elizabeth Hertel, MDHHS Director, Testified In Senate Committee About Former Director Robert Gordon

(CBS Detroit) Michigan’s health director Elizabeth Hertel testified before a state senate committee on Thursday about her predecessor’s departure, ...

Senate stalls as Biden makes final plea for $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief