A vote is expected Friday in the U.S. House on another coronavirus relief bill. A Democratic leader from western Massachusetts said it will be the starting point for negotiations with Senate Republicans and the White House on how next to respond to the economic fallout from the pandemic.
The centerpiece of the legislation, known as the Heroes Act, is $875 billion for state and local… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD — The coronavirus pandemic will change the way the public votes with more vote-by-mail and the way lawmakers — especially in the U.S. House of Representatives — vote.
But U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, urged caution on both fronts Wednesday during a wide-ranging news conference in support of a $3 trillion coronavirus response… Read more »
EAST LONGMEADOW – A longtime East Longmeadow based manufacturer’s well-known product has entered into the fight to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Excel Dryer, the makers of hot air hand driers, has shown through tests the unit’s HEPA filter can prevent the spread of both bacteria and viruses from the drier’s air stream, company president Denis Gagnon… Read more »
BOSTON (SHNS) – Congressional Democrats unveiled the most expansive COVID-19 bill to date Tuesday, calling for nearly $3 trillion in spending to support Americans in dire financial straits and assist state and local governments facing extreme budget pressures.
Stretching across more than 1,800 pages, the legislation that emerged from the Ways and Means Committee would direct… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WHSM) -- A second round of stimulus checks could be heading in the way of the American people soon.
House Democrats unveiled their latest coronavirus relief package, called the Heroes Act, and are hoping for a first vote by the end of the week.
Under the proposed bill, Americans could get another stimulus check among other benefits.
As Americans feel the impact of… Read more »
On trips to his neighborhood 7-Eleven during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal notices local newspapers coming off the shelves.
“I can tell you the people are picking up these local papers as well as the national papers,” Neal said in an editorial meeting with The Republican and MassLive on Zoom Thursday.
But local news outlets throughout the country,… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal says that with lines growing at food banks across the country an expansion of SNAP food benefits and money to pay for it will be part of the next recovery bill now taking shape in Washington.
It’s a continuation, the Springfield Democrat said, of the ongoing efforts to get money out into the economy though the hands of people and… Read more »
A second round of coronavirus stimulus checks, including payments for dependent college students, may be in store for millions of Americans in the fourth COVID-19 pandemic relief package in the works on Capitol Hill.
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, in an editorial board meeting with The Republican and MassLive Thursday, said lawmakers had proposed direct payments similar to the ones that have… Read more »
House Democrats are putting the finishing touches on their next legislative response to the coronavirus pandemic, a package that will propose another massive round of aid just as President Trump and Senate Republicans are urging caution on quickly passing new spending.
The bill being drafted by Democratic leadership is expected to include more than $750 billion in aid to state and local… Read more »
EAST LONGMEADOW -- U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said work on another round of federal stimulus for the coronavirus-ravaged economy will be public in “a few days”.
It will have money for hospitals, Neal said, as well as money for state and local governments struggling with revenue losses and increased expenses from the coronavirus… Read more »
