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U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter’s bill to give marijuana businesses access to the banking system will be included in the House version of “CARES 2.0,” a new coronavirus relief proposal.
Democrats in Congress are hoping to rectify what they call an error in the $2 trillion COVID-19 aid package that makes essential election funding inaccessible to some states and a headache to procure for others.
“We’re in this together.” A phrase we’ve heard and repeated often since the COVID-19 crisis began. And it is certainly true — we are in this together, and will get through this as a community, state, and country — together.
An affordable way to send the mail is as fiscally sound as a penny saved is a penny earned.
"The U.S. Postal Service has been a bedrock service ingrained in our society for more than two centuries, with Benjamin Franklin serving as the first postmaster general in 1775," U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse said Tuesday.
As Congress was getting ready to pass the latest round of coronavirus relief last month, Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado noticed a problem for his district back home: nine of his 10 counties were too small to get any of the $150 billion set aside in the bill to help state and local governments.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday revealed a bit of House Democrats’ plans when it comes to the next coronavirus relief package: more aid for state and local governments, and more funding for smaller municipalities.
The pandemic has created new challenges for Colorado firefighters this wildfire season.
Poudre Fire Authority Fire Chief Tom DeMint said firefighters often finding themselves setting up camp as they battle a blaze for days. Sickness can spread easily in the camps.
“There a common term in the fire service called ‘camp crud,'” DeMint said.
As fire danger rises in Colorado, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added firefighters among those eligible for priority coronavirus testing. The change comes at the urging of Rep. Joe Neguse, a Democrat who represents Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) joined a trio of fellow Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate this week in calling for the swift passage of a bill aimed at banning price gouging practices that have led sellers to jack up the prices on items such as masks and hand sanitizer during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.
Rep. Joe Neguse will hold a virtual town hall meeting Thursday morning for high school students across the 2nd Congressional District who are home due to COVID-19.
On the call, Neguse will provide a brief civics lesson and will answer questions about government and the coronavirus, the congressman’s office said in a press release.