$15 federal minimum wage hike is now the biggest stimulus bill issue. Here’s why
Will minimum wage workers see a pay raise anytime soon? Sarah Tew/CNET Although the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill passed ...
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President Biden urges quick Senate action on huge stimulus coronavirus relief package
President Joe Biden on Saturday welcomed the overnight passage by the US House of Representatives of an enormous, $1.9 ...
Biden Agenda Faces Difficult Test as Stimulus Measure Heads to Senate
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s agenda is facing its most consequential test as Democrats prepare to maneuver his $1.9 trillion ...
Assessing Claims in the Coronavirus Stimulus Debate
Ahead of the vote on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package, lawmakers have offered an array of misleading claims ...
Democrats Toil to Salvage Wage Increase, With Stimulus Plan on the Brink of Passage
If Democrats cannot find a way to include the wage increase in the stimulus measure, the bill could lose ...
Stimulus Checks Helped Personal Income Surge in January
The American economic recovery came perilously close to falling off a cliff at the end of last year. But ...
Top Senate Official Disqualifies Minimum Wage From Stimulus Plan
Republicans applauded her ruling.“This decision reinforces reconciliation cannot be used as a vehicle to pass major legislative change — ...
Stimulus checks compared: It’s more than just $1,400, $600 and $1,200 payments
The three stimulus checks have a few things in common. Sarah Tew/CNET Congress is well on its way to ...
Why Isn’t China’s COVID-19 Stimulus Going Directly to Workers? – The Diplomat
China Power | Economy | East Asia The rationale (and danger) of China’s lack of direct financial support to the people during the ...
In Stimulus Debate, Senate Parliamentarian Holds Broad Sway
During the impeachment proceeding this month, Ms. MacDonough spent hours on the Senate dais, advising Senator Patrick J. Leahy, ...