In March, as U.S. COVID-19 cases began rising exponentially, Congress rose to the occasion by enacting the CARES Act to provide assistance to tens of millions of Americans who found their financial security, if not their health, directly imperiled by the pandemic. Among other things, the CARES Act created the Payroll Support Program (PSP), under […]

A trade group representing American steelworkers and U.S. manufacturers accused Metro of sidestepping a “Buy America” clause attached to hundreds of millions in annual federal funding as it searches for a builder for its next series of rail cars, a deal which could be worth $1 billion. The Alliance for American Manufacturing sent a letter […]

When the United States claws its way out of the economic collapse associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, “it will look much more like the Great Depression than the Great Recession,” Congressman Peter DeFazio said Monday afternoon during a virtual town hall streamed online from his Springfield office. “We will need jobs and infrastructure improvements that […]