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Congress OKs $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill in win for Biden, Democrats

March 10, 2021 at 1:06 p.m.

A Congress riven along party lines approved a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Democrats claimed a triumph on a bill that marshals the...

House set to vote on coronavirus relief bill, Biden on cusp of triumph

March 10, 2021 at 7:32 a.m.

Congress is poised to approve a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, placing President Joe Biden on the cusp of an early triumph that advances Democratic priorities and showcases the...

Congressional staffers wait in the ornate ...

Biden, Democrats prevail as Senate OKs $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill

March 6, 2021 at 11:05 a.m.

An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country...

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to ...

Democrat split on jobless benefits slows relief bill in Senate

March 5, 2021 at 2:08 p.m.

Democrats laid aside one battle over boosting the minimum wage but promptly descended into another internal fight Friday as the party haltingly tried moving its $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill...

Joe Biden urges Senate Dems to rally behind $1.9T virus bill

March 2, 2021 at 3:35 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to rally behind a $1.9 trillion COVID-relief bill and stood by his proposed $1,400 payments to individuals, even as some...

Senate Democrats sorting final details of $1.9T virus relief bill

March 2, 2021 at 11:50 a.m.

Democrats sorted through lingering disagreements over emergency jobless benefits and other issues Tuesday and prepared to commence Senate debate on a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan that would deliver a...

In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, left, works beside Vice President Mike Pence during the certification of Electoral College ballots in the presidential election, in the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington. Shortly afterward, the Capitol was stormed by rioters determined to disrupt the certification. MacDonough has guided the Senate through two impeachment trials, vexed Democrats and Republicans alike with parliamentary opinions and helped rescue Electoral College certificates from a pro-Trump mob ransacking the Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. House to vote on $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that includes $1,400 payments

February 26, 2021 at 7:13 a.m.

Democrats are ready to shove a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package through the House on Friday, despite a setback that means a minimum wage boost is unlikely to be in...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of ...

WATCH: Day 5 of former President Donald Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial

February 13, 2021 at 12:12 p.m.

An expected verdict in Donald Trump鈥檚 impeachment trial was thrown into doubt Saturday after the Senate voted to allow witnesses to be called, a result of a surprise push by...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., walks with fellow House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, following a meeting called by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Democrats are demanding that the GOP leadership remove her from committee assignments because of her history of using social media to endorse outlandish conspiracy theories and violent, racist views. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. House kicks Rep. Greene off committees as punishment for spreading conspiracy theories

February 4, 2021 at 5:04 p.m.

A fiercely divided House tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees Thursday, an unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she鈥檇 earned by spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories.

Dems plan vote on ousting Marjorie Taylor Greene from panels

February 3, 2021 at 12:01 p.m.

A top Democrat said the House will vote Thursday on removing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees, intensifying the stakes over the Georgia Republican鈥檚 online embrace of conspiracy theories...

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