House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package, chock-full of spending for states, cities, tribal government and individual families.
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U.S. mayors ramped up their lobbying with a “pain tracker” as cities document their dire needs for federal assistance to offset revenue shortfalls.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she is prepared to unveil a stimulus bill written by Democrats that would provide monthly payments to individuals.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would allow the nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to testify before a Senate committee, but he defended a decision to block his testimony before a Democrat-controlled House panel.
Rep. Dina Titus urged the Trump administration to redirect money not accepted by large universities with endowments to other institutions in Nevada with large numbers of minority students.
Lawmakers will start slowly returning to Washington, D.C., as a bill to provide aid for states and cities to help deal with the coronavirus is up for debate.
Frustrated people have been calling the IRS and congressional offices, seeking an update about their delayed coronavirus relief checks.
Hispanic leaders and advocacy groups are pushing Joe Biden to pick Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto as a running mate to energize the Latino vote in the general election.
Nevada and states with small businesses that are ineligible for paycheck protection loans because they receive revenue from gaming pushed again for help.
The Senate passed a nearly $500 billion interim relief bill Tuesday to pump more money into small businesses struggling from the coronavirus outbreak and funnel federal spending to hospitals and testing.
Nevada’s congressional delegation files legislation to make small casinos and other businesses with gaming revenue eligible for Small Business Administration loans.
A program to buffer small businesses battered by economic losses due to the coronavirus ran out of federal funds Thursday as Republicans and Democrats continued to clash over changes.
States and cities continued to clamor for more coronavirus relief aid and congressional Republicans and Democrats remained at a stalemate Wednesday over the next batch of coronavirus funding.
Nevada airports will receive $231 million from an aid package passed by Congress to battle the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, transportation officials announced.
Mayors from around the country are asking Congress and the federal government for help in dealing with the coronavirus and the measures implemented to slow the spread of the disease.