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Mitch McConnell and Steny Hoyer will discuss coronavirus stimulus as congressional leaders consider whether to put aid in a funding bill.

Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate are at odds over the generosity of unemployment benefits, according to their recent stimulus proposals.

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President-elect Joe Biden is slated to speak with small businesses Wednesday, while pushing Congress to pass a coronavirus relief bill. Democrats and Republicans are pitching a $908 billion compromise as urgency builds upon Capitol Hill to address widespread economic fallout from the ongoing pandemic.

Neera Tanden’s Center for American Progress and its political arm have raised millions from those with ties to Wall Street and Silicon Valley.

Experts argue that leveling out Social Security benefits would ultimately provide more for people who live below the poverty line.

Only one Covid-19 economic stimulus idea receives more support among small business owners than among the general public: the Paycheck Protection Program.

“We are experiencing a crisis that is bigger than all the financial crises that the airline industry has faced,” said Sara Nelson.

President-elect Joe Biden’s economic advisors described how early experiences of hardship still inform their views of economic policy today.

Bipartisan lawmakers are pushing a new stimulus plan as Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell have made no progress on a coronavirus relief bill.

Coronavirus legislation has made it so older investors don’t have to take their usual required annual withdrawals from their retirement accounts this year.

The next round of federal coronavirus stimulus aid still hangs in the balance one day after the election. Here’s what we know about how that could shape up.

Both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have their eyes on one key demographic: seniors. How the election could affect their wallets.

For years, the Social Security payroll tax hasn’t been enough to cover benefit payments for the massive baby-boom generation that has started to retire.

The contribution rules for President-elect Joe Biden’s inaugural committee are stricter than those of his predecessor, President Donald Trump.

Congress is returning to Washington for one last attempt at deal-making this year

Congress faces a Dec. 11 deadline to avoid a government shutdown, and has to decide whether to pass another coronavirus stimulus bill.

Expiring state eviction bans have led to hundreds of thousands of additional coronavirus cases, new research finds.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, 87, said he experienced no symptoms after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this month.

President Trump on Friday urged his supporters not to boycott two Georgia runoff elections that will determine which party controls the Senate.