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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is putting pressure on congressional leaders to accept a split-the-difference solution to the protracted impasse over COVID-19 relief in a last-gasp effort to ship overdue help to a hurting nation before Congress adjourns for the holidays. The group includes Senate centrists such as Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan […]

A bipartisan group of senators is working to pass an additional round of stimulus relief as negotiations among party leadership have all but come to a screeching halt in Washington.

If you were betting political gridlock centered around the November election would come to an end after Americans went to the voting booth, you lost that bet.

President-elect Joe Biden has said fixing the economy will be one of his administration’s top priorities when he takes office in January.

Coronavirus relief will likely be one of the first things on Biden’s plate when he takes office in January 2021.

Here’s why a group of more than 125 economists are calling for another round of $1,200 stimulus checks.

Pelosi noted that Congress has yet to pass any further coronavirus relief aid and placed blame for the inaction on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

If you still haven’t received your stimulus check, the time to act is now.

With time running out before the end of the year and negotiations going nowhere, there’s no reason to think a deal with stimulus checks will be reached before the end of 2020.

Still no $1,200 stimulus check? Here’s what you need to know about the Nov. 21 deadline.

On Monday, Biden stressed the urgency of lawmakers finding common ground saying, ““Not tomorrow. Now.”