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WASHINGTON - Senior House Democrats on Monday night proposed sending full $1,400 stimulus payments to Americans with up to $75,000 in annual income, rejecting an early plan to sharply curtail the benefits.

WASHINGTON - House Democrats voted Wednesday to set the stage for party-line approval of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, heeding the president's calls for swift action on his first big agenda item - but without the bipartisan unity he promised.

WASHINGTON - A growing corps of House Democrats, furious over the invasion of the Capitol on Wednesday by a mob inspired and encouraged by President Donald Trump, is pushing to rapidly impeach the president a second time - hoping to force Trump from office even a few days early rather than allow him to leave on his own terms.

Frustration among Democrats over U.S. House election losses spilled over during a conference call Thursday as several moderates blamed party progressives for promoting an ultra-liberal agenda that turned off swing voters.

WASHINGTON - House Democrats moved toward a vote Thursday on a new $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill that Republicans oppose, even as bipartisan talks between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin limped forward.