Stimulus

Biden: Democrat-Controlled Congress ‘Raises the Odds of Prompt Action’ on $2,000 Stimulus, $15 Minimum Wage

President-elect Joe Biden said Friday he expects the Democrat-controlled Congress to “raise the odds of prompt action” in approving a $2,000 stimulus as well as increasing the minimum wage to $15 an...

McCarthy: How Many Businesses Have to Shutter Before Pelosi and the Democrats Act?

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) excoriated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday for refusing to agree to a stimulus package to help Americans and small businesses because she...

Trump: ‘After the Election, We’ll Get the Best Stimulus Package You’ve Ever Seen’

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s hopeful that he’ll get “the best stimulus package” ever after the election.

Sen. Rick Scott: Florida Taxpayers Will Not Bail Out States That Can’t Live Within Their Means

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) told Fox Business’s “Varney and Company” on Tuesday that while he supports giving stimulus money to the people who have lost their jobs, small businesses, and schools, he...

Trump on Stimulus Negotiations: ‘The Problem You Have Is Nancy Pelosi’

President Donald Trump said he wants to pass a second stimulus for the American people, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is standing in the way of that.

Trump on COVID Relief Funds: China Will Pay for It

When a deal is reached on more COVID relief funding, China will pay for it, President Donald Trump said Thursday, adding that he wants to go above $1.8 trillion, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)...

CNN's Blitzer Puts Pelosi on the Defensive: 'So Many People Right Now Are Suffering'

In an unusual turn of events, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ran into criticism from CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday over her refusal to reach a compromise COVID relief package with the Trump White...

Trump on $25M for Kennedy Center in Stimulus: ‘I Didn’t Have a Big Problem With It’

President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended the inclusion of $25 million in funding for the Kennedy Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C., in the stimulus package under consideration by Congress,...

LaHood on DOT Stimulus: 'Rather than $48 Billion it Should Have Been $480 Billion'

LaHood Says $48B Stimulus for DOT Wasn't Enough; 'Should Have Been $480B'- See more at:

NBC's Gregory Longs for 'Government Playing a Bigger Role' in Economy

In an interview with liberal economist Jeffrey Sachs for Meet the Press's Press Pass segment on Sunday, moderator David Gregory worried about skepticism of big government: "...a lot of it has to do with...

Soledad O'Brien Defends Stimulus: 'Didn't That to a Large Degree Help the Economy?'

CNN's Soledad O'Brien called the stimulus bill a "big thing" that President Obama accomplished and adding that police officers and firefighters kept their jobs because of it. "f the stimulus hadn't been...

'Meet the Press' Panelist: Obama Should Be 'Doubling Down,' 'Didn't Do Enough Stimulus'

On Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, liberal historian Doris Kearns-Goodwin pleaded with President Obama to tell voters: "'I am doubling down on what I did.' He didn't do enough on the stimulus. He didn't do...

Soledad O'Brien Asks Obama Aide If There Should Be Another Stimulus

CNN's Soledad O'Brien spoonfed Democratic talking points to Obama's deputy campaign manager on Monday's Starting Point.