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President Joe Biden talks about the May jobs report from the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Friday, June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden says jobs report bolsters case for government spending

By Josh Boak Jun. 05, 2021 12:38 AM EDT

President Joe Biden talks about the May jobs report from the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Friday, June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden says jobs report bolsters case for government spending

By Josh Boak Jun. 04, 2021 03:33 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig testifies before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing in Washington. At a Senate hearing Rettig said Tuesday, April 13, 2021, that he expects to meet the July 1 deadline in the new pandemic rescue law for starting a groundbreaking tax program aimed at reducing child poverty. That means new advance monthly payments of as much as $300 per child could begin flowing to lower-income families this summer. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool via AP, File)
IRS chief expects new child payments to start this summer

By Marcy Gordon Apr. 13, 2021 04:11 PM EDT

In this Feb. 9, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden meets with business leaders to discuss a coronavirus relief package in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Republicans are attacking the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package as too costly, economically damaging and overtly partisan. It's an all-angles attempt by the GOP to derail Biden’s top priority as it starts moving through a Congress that his party controls only narrowly. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Democrats pushing Biden's COVID-19 bill through House panels

By Alan Fram, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar And Kevin Freking Feb. 11, 2021 12:16 AM EST

President Joe Biden talks with reporters after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Dems propose $1,400 payments as part of Biden virus relief

By Alan Fram, Kevin Freking And Josh Boak Feb. 08, 2021 03:16 PM EST

Staff help register and process those waiting in their vehicles in the line for non-ambulatory people to be vaccinated Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the COVID-19 vaccination clinic on the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show grounds in Mercedes, Texas. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
Southeast Texas congressman tests positive for COVID-19

Jan. 06, 2021 07:15 PM EST

President Donald Trump's motorcade departs Trump International Golf Club, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Trump is returning to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
House approves Trump's $2K checks, sending to GOP-led Senate

By Lisa Mascaro And Jill Colvin Dec. 27, 2020 11:50 PM EST

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks about House Republicans and the election, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump ally McCarthy is reelected leader of House Republicans

By Lisa Mascaro Nov. 18, 2020 12:20 AM EST

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks about House Republicans and the election, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump ally McCarthy is reelected leader of House Republicans

By Lisa Mascaro Nov. 17, 2020 04:36 PM EST

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. speaks during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Democrats to redraft virus relief in bid to jump-start talks

By Andrew Taylor Sep. 24, 2020 05:25 PM EDT

Restaurant worker Madelyn Figgers stands in front of her porch Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Figgers lost her job doing the coronavirus shutdown and is hoping to go to work when the city starts reopening next week. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Debate over $600 in jobless aid to intensify as claims rise

By Christopher Rugaber May. 28, 2020 07:08 AM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., wears a face mask to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus as he walks to the Senate chamber after meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
GOP weighs jobless aid cuts as layoffs surpass 38 million

By Lisa Mascaro May. 22, 2020 12:07 AM EDT

President Donald Trump talks to reporters before departing the White House for a trip to Michigan, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
GOP weighs jobless aid cuts to urge Americans back to work

By Lisa Mascaro May. 21, 2020 01:12 AM EDT