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Democrats and Republicans remain opposed about the scope of financial relief, but the topic is expected to be near the top of the agenda as the end of the year draws near.

Virginia Congressman Denver Riggleman responded to a tweet that said that he and other Republicans were "responsible for this corrupt election" in which Donald Trump lost.

Senator Lindsey Graham's potential support for a larger stimulus package could bode well for those hoping for another stimulus check.

"What I'm worried about is there are millions of Americans out there at risk of falling into this chasm where they don't have sufficient support," Peter Navarro said.

In a letter sent to congressional lawmakers, the technology company urged Congress to establish a group of scientists and private sector resources to use artificial intelligence and other technologies to combat future calamities.

Only 17 percent of Republicans who participated in the poll believed that Republican members of Congress held the best interests of the U.S. at heart.

Biden has assembled a desired Cabinet of former Obama officials and career professionals, nominees who the president-elect feels will be able to satisfy the liberal wing of the party while not alienating Senate Republicans.

Feinstein, the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, faced swift calls by progressive groups to step down from her post after praising Chairman Lindsey Graham for how he conducted the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp certified the election results on Friday, which showed Biden besting Trump by more than 12,000 votes following an audit of the state's nearly 5 million ballots that was conducted by hand.

"We need to stop pretending that student loan debt is actually a 'crisis,'" a libertarian think tank fellow wrote in response to Democratic proposals.

Moderate Democrats wince at the way their leadership handled stimulus negotiations before the election. But there's renewed hope from a bipartisan group of lawmakers that relief may come in the new year.

With a slim majority in the House next year, Congress' most liberal current and incoming lawmakers flexed their newfound power and issued a warning shot to the president-elect.

The report pointed to 12 companies—dubbed the "Delinquent Dozen"—that it said have driven "exploding inequality" in American society.

While Republicans on Capitol Hill are not clambering to the president's side to back the idea, they are far from closing the door on the notion.

Mingling on the Senate floor during a vote, at least five Republicans extended what looked like congratulating remarks to the vice president-elect, despite most GOP lawmakers still siding with President Trump's refusal to concede.

The revelation follows an allegation from Georgia's top election official that the Trump confidant urged him to disqualify legal absentee ballots to favor the president.

Richmond, a Louisiana Democrat who has been a key ally of Joe Biden during his campaign for president, is leaving Congress to take a top adviser role in the Biden White House.

Facebook ruled that a video of Bannon calling for the infectious disease expert, Dr. Fauci's head to be put on a spike outside the White House, had not violated enough rules to warrant a suspension.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, said he was stunned after a phone conservation with the South Carolina Republican, in which Raffensperger said Graham pressed him to invalidate legal ballots.

The North Carolina Republican, who is slated to become the youngest member of Congress after he is sworn in early next year, addressed his social media message in a new interview.

It's time, Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-Mich.) said, for an "effective transition" from President Donald Trump to President-elect Joe Biden.

McSally's concession comes more than a week after the Associated Press projected her Democratic challenger as the winner.

"I proudly told my freshman class that masks are oppressive," Greene tweeted on Friday.

The congresswoman-elect tweeted that masks were "oppressive" to massive backlash, despite wearing a mask herself during her freshmen orientation.

House Republicans so far have a net gain of seven seats, trimming down Democrats' majority from 35 to 21 when the new Congress is sworn into office.

"I was disgusted and appalled by the inaction," the former president told Oprah Winfrey in a new interview.

The 87-years-old Alaskan congressman announced he is "feeling strong" despite testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.

Republicans say that Biden should begin receiving more classified intelligence briefings as if he were president-elect. But they also maintain he is not the winner, pending ongoing litigation from the Trump campaign.

The Senate majority leader quickly shot down Chuck Schumer's and Nancy Pelosi's expectations about passing a large relief package during Congress' lame-duck session.

Dean Browning, a former Republican candidate to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. House, faced scrutiny on Tuesday after posting a tweet in which he identified as a Black gay man who insisted "everything is so much better under Trump."