It’s been more than four months since the House passed the Heroes Act (H.R. 6800) on May 15, but the Senate Republican leadership continues to block action to provide the aid that is needed to respond to the pandemic and the resulting economic crisis.

Talks over additional COVID-19 relief between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Trump administration came to an abrupt halt this week when President Donald Trump ended negotiations with Democrats.

The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus proposal put forward by House Democrats while Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues negotiations with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate Republicans.

Senate Still Needs to Pass Heroes Act More than four months after House passage of the Heroes Act (H.R. 6800) on May 15, the Senate has still not come anywhere close to providing the aid that is needed to fully respond to the pandemic and the resultin...

Senate Still Needs to Pass Heroes Act Four months after the House passage of the Heroes Act (H.R. 6800) on May 15, the Senate has still not come anywhere close to proving the aid that is needed to fully respond to the pandemic and the resulting econom...

The Senate, by a vote of 52 to 47, rejected a legislative package put together by Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that was woefully inadequate to address the economic and health care needs of our nation.

Still no action by the Senate since the House passed the Heroes Act (H.R. 6800), with substantial aid to states, cities and towns more than 100 days ago.

Urgent Action Needed to Protect State and Local Jobs and Services It has been well over three months since the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Heroes Act (H.R. 6800) on May 15, 2020, which provides substantial aid to states, cities and towns,...

Why is Congress Waiting to Provide Fiscal Relief for State and Local Services? Still no deal has been reached between the Congress, the White House negotiators and the GOP on any further COVID-19 pandemic relief, despite the increasing need for additi...

Congress, the White House negotiators and the GOP are still far apart and unable to reach an agreement on any further COVID-19 pandemic relief despite the dire need for additional federal support.