Chuck Schumer

Republicans crafting their own plan for a new U.S. virus-relief bill broadly endorsed a fresh round of stimulus checks to individuals, extended supplemental jobless benefits and more money for testing while voicing doubts over President Donald Trump’s desired payroll tax cut.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton was surprised and dismayed by the political battle that quickly erupted over his pending nomination to be the top federal prosecutor in New York, said people familiar with the matter.

The payments are one of the central provisions of the $2 trillion stimulus package awaiting a Senate vote.

The president spoke to Republicans at their weekly conference lunch at the Capitol as his administration prepares a package of economic measures to combat the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.

Key Democrats poured cold water on President Donald Trump’s proposal to include a payroll tax cut as part of his plan to respond to the coronavirus. Senior Republicans also held back from endorsing the suggestion ahead of a key lunch meeting on Tuesday.

Democrats are staging a long-shot attempt to chip away at the Republican tax law’s limit on state and local tax deductions, finding few GOP allies despite potential benefit for Republican-led states.

Sens. Chuck Schumer and Ron Wyden think the organization's contacts with Russians raise questions.

The presidential candidate says she would fund her health-care plan by rolling back one of the few changes in Trump’s tax law that Democrats actually wanted.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said they would identify funding sources for the plan at a later meeting.

The administration is hardening its legal position toward the Affordable Care Act, arguing now the entire law is unconstitutional.