Chamber member Nancy Pelosi
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Donald John TrumpJoe Arpaio loses bid for his old position as Sheriff Trump blames opinion that Russia denigrates Biden: ‘No one is harder on Russia than I am’ Trump truncates executive orders over economy but will not yet reportIt decided to issue four executive orders on Saturday, bypassing Congress to address the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
Lawmakers also called on their Republican colleagues to return to the negotiating table to pass a fifth bill in Congress.
At his private club in Bedminster, NJ, Trump signed orders to extend unemployment benefits, suspend payroll taxes, and offer federal eviction and student loan relief after lawmakers and members of the Trump administration failed to reach an agreement this week on a fifth coronavirus bill.
Democratic congressmen issued a joint statement on Saturday stating that Trump, “still understands the seriousness or urgency of the health and economic crisis facing working families. “
“We are disappointed that instead of working to solve the problems of Americans, the President chose instead to stay on his luxury golf course to announce unworkable, weak and narrow policy announcements to reduce the unemployment benefits that millions desperately in need and endangering seniors ‘Social security and medicine,’ lawmakers said.
One order issued Saturday directs the Treasury Department to authorize employers to pay employee social security taxes by the end of 2020 for Americans who receive nearly less than $ 100,000 a year.
Negotiators including Pelosi, Schumer, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows
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The executive actions signed by Trump come in response to programs established by the CARES Act, such as the Paycheck Protection Program, improved unemployment benefits and moratoriums on eviction, expired this month. The expirations put intense pressure on lawmakers to come up with another legislative solution, and could leave thousands of Americans without homes or money to pay for basic living expenses.
Lawmakers also argued that Trump’s mandate “does not really extend the moratorium on effects” established through the CARES law, which prohibits evictions in all federally subsidized housing.
The order signed by President Saturday states that it will prohibit redundancies and prospects on all federally insured mortgages from one household, a provision that has already been placed in place by the Federal Housing Administration. The order also says that “all legal measures will be taken to prevent” evictions for housing.
“Democrats reiterate our call for Republicans to return to the table, meet us halfway and work together to provide immediate relief to the American people,” Pelosi and Schumer said. “Lives are lost, and time is of the essence.”
It is not yet clear if it is legal for Trump to unilaterally intervene in unemployment and other benefits, with the president intending in New Jersey on Saturday that he expects lawsuits to be against the orders.
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