- Senate Democrats, White House Agree To Tighter Income Limits For Stimulus Checks (NPR) – White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at the White House that Biden is pleased with the progress on the bill.
- Biden limits eligibility for stimulus payments under pressure from moderate Senate Democrats (Washington Post) – Change comes as Senate prepares to move forward on Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief bill
- Senate bill will narrow income eligibility for $1,400 stimulus checks (CNN) – That means 7 million fewer families will receive a partial payment than would have under the House version of the bill.
- Opinion: Biden has finally agreed to slim down stimulus checks. There’s a lot more he could cut. (Washington Post) – Grants to state and local governments is one place to look. So is aid to schools.
- House passes bill named in honor of George Floyd aimed at preventing police misconduct (CNN) – Supporters of the bill say it would improve law enforcement accountability and work to root out racial bias in policing. No Republicans voted for the bill.
- Capitol Police say intelligence shows militia group may be plotting to breach the Capitol (Washington Post) – Police say the possible plot by a militant group to breach the Capitol on Thursday is a date that some followers of the QAnon extremist ideology falsely claim will mark former president Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
- Biden won’t deliver speech to Congress until after vote on coronavirus bill, Psaki says (Fox News) – Lawmakers are pushing to get the coronavirus relief package to Biden’s desk before March 14 when key federal jobless aid programs lapse.
- Mitch McConnell on Donald Trump: We’re looking to the ‘future,’ not ‘the past’ (USA Today) – That Mitch McConnell-Donald Trump feud is still happening.
- Democrats Don’t Need Virus-Relief Compromise (Bloomberg) – There’d be no political benefit to settling for less than their $1.9 trillion bill just to pick up a handful of Senate Republican votes.
- Police disclose possible plot by militia group to attack U.S. Capitol (AOL.com) – The police force that guards the U.S. Capitol said on Wednesday it has obtained intelligence pointing to a possible plot by a militia group to breach the building on Thursday,
- Trump’s Pentagon Blocked Troops From Getting to the Capitol Riots For Hours, DC National Guard Commander Said (BuzzFeed News) – The DC National Guard commander said he was not allowed to send troops to the Capitol, in sharp contrast to the city’s George Floyd protests last year, when troops were given immediate permission to deploy.
