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SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- President Donald Trump has reportedly signed the $900-billion stimulus package, government spending bill. By signing the bill, it averted a government shutdown. With the president signing this bill, millions of Americans can keep their federal unemployment benefits. Also, the eviction moratorium extended, and now millions of Americans will be getting a $600… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the urgent need for President Trump to sign legislation Congress passed that would extend expiring pandemic-related unemployment assistance through March 14, 2021: “If President Trump does not sign the latest COVID relief package into law today,… Read more »

Financial assistance for millions of Americans hangs in the balance of the COVID-19 relief measure passed by the House and Senate earlier this week. The bipartisan $908 billion COVID-19 stimulus package includes $600 stimulus checks to tens of millions of Americans earning less than $75,000 - as well as $600 for each child dependent - and an extra $300 in weekly unemployment… Read more »

Britain’s departure from the European Union and the legacy of the Trump administration means that the special relationship between the U.S. and U.K. isn’t what it once was. But the agreement struck on Christmas Eve over post-Brexit relations between the U.K. and EU removed a major potential source of friction between Boris Johnson’s government and the… Read more »

As Congress waits for President Donald Trump’s signature on a COVID-19 stimulus and spending bill, the region’s congressional delegation is describing the relief bill as an imperfect but necessary compromise. The stimulus package, which Congress combined with appropriations to fund the federal government this coming year, includes $600 payments to individuals making less than… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding reports that Britain and the European Union have reached a post-Brexit trade agreement: “I commend the European Union and the United Kingdom for reaching an agreement regarding their future economic relationship today. I am glad to see that this deal… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Congressman Richard Neal has introduced a new bill that would increase the amount of money struggling Americans could receive in the second round of direct payments. The bill, introduced as the Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help (CASH) Act of 2020, would allow eligible Americans to receive a direct payment of up to $2,000. Congressman Neal sent a… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD – U.S. Rep. Richard Neal was in the middle of explaining the legislative procedure of unanimous consent to reporters Thursday when someone shouted out that House Republicans had blocked his bill to provide $2,000 COVID impact payments to individuals. “We had a feeling that would happen,” said Neal, a Springfield Democrat and chairman of the House… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – On Thursday morning Congressman Richard Neal spoke with reporters about the Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help Act that would increase the amount Americans receive in stimulus checks. Congressman Neal introduced the CASH Act to the House on Thursday but Republicans voted against it however Neal said he expected this to happen. The CASH Act that… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal on Thursday introduced legislation calling for an increase in the proposed second round of COVID-19 stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000. Dubbed the Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help (CASH) Act, the bill comes after Democrats’ months-long push for larger direct payments to Americans and President Donald Trump’s effective threat to veto the… Read more »