Coronavirus Special Report: Congress comes together over PPP

By Jason Dick and Evan Campbell

Posted July 1, 2020 at 6:02pm

In this episode of Coronavirus Special Report, CQ Roll Call’s Jim Saksa explains how the Senate took the House by surprise and came together over PPP.

Show Notes:

Fogged glasses, Diet Coke and promises to forgo the all-nighter: An NDAA markup like no other.
Republicans push back on Democrats’ DC statehood bill
Black Caucus lays out legislative priorities for combating systemic racism
EPA sets date to end reduced enforcement; Democrats are unmoved
House members reluctant to respond to survey about intern diversity

Ethics panel weighs case against Cherfilus-McCormick after rare public hearing

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves the Democratic caucus luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Competing claims on SAVE America Act disenfranchising voters

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks with reporters in the Capitol about DHS funding on Thursday.

Senate passes bill to fund most of Homeland Security Department

Transportation Security Administration officers walk through Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday. TSA officers have been working without pay as the government funding lapse continues.

Trump intervenes to pay airport security workers amid standoff

Wreckage from American Airlines Flight 5342 is pulled from the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Feb. 3, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Rewritten air safety legislation moves out of House committees

Rep. Derek Schmidt, R-Kan., leaves the Capitol Hill Club after a meeting of the House Republican Conference last month.

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