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Amanda Colianni, a census field supervisor, poses for The Associated Press, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Baltimore. Colianni said she believes 5,300 cases in neighborhoods she managed were closed prematurely and removed from the door-knocking effort after only one attempt by census takers to interview members of households in mid-to-late September. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Texts: U.S. census manager told counters to use fake answers

Presumptive President-elect Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, speaks about economic recovery at The Queen theater, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Divided Dems agree: Repeal Trump tax cuts for Biden's big-spending agenda

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi stands firm on $3.4 trillion coronavirus bill

In this Feb. 12, 2009, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

GOP budget plan includes $68.7 billion for secretive Pentagon fund

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Senate braces for lame-duck fights over border wall money, ICE

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters about the impact of the election on the political landscape in Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. Democrats in the House lost a handful of seats but will remain the party in power. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi still resistant to scaled-down coronavirus relief deal, calls for negotiations to restart

Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, speaks with Jean Riehm and Julian Seay in Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP)

Iowa Democrat calls for swift action on coronavirus relief from White House, Congress

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, walks from the office of Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky., as he leaves the Capitol, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington. Mnuchin earlier met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mnuchin slams Pelosi on COVID relief: 'Your ALL OR NONE approach is hurting hard-working Americans'

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally outside Raymond James Stadium, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in Tampa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump, Biden hold dueling campaign rallies in Florida as president cites economic comeback

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow walks back to West Wing after a television interview at the White House, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kudlow hits Pelosi on stimulus talks: 'She is stringing us along'

FILE - In this April 23, 2018, file photo, supporters of a rent control initiative march near the state Capitol calling for more rent control, in Sacramento, Calif. State regulators are investigating a claim by supporters of a ballot proposal to let cities expand rent control that opponents have accepted improper campaign donations. The allegations will be reviewed by the enforcement division of the Fair Political Practices Commission, which said it had made no decision about the validity of the claims. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Democrats take aim at historic initiatives on affirmative action, property taxes

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D-N.Y.) waits to meet supporters and campaign volunteers at a Pledge to Vote event, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rips Trump: 'These motherf---ers are only paying $750 a year'

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Pelosi accuses Republicans of 'official malfeasance' in their coronavirus pandemic response

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Larry Kudlow on coronavirus stimulus talks: 'The ball's not moving much right now'

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

'We're just about there' on stimulus deal, Pelosi says

In this June 11, 2020, file photo, information signs are displayed at the closed Illinois Department of Employment Security WorkNet center in Arlington Heights, Ill. U.S. employers advertised for slightly fewer jobs in August while their hiring ticked up modestly. The Labor Department said Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, that the number of U.S. job postings on the last day of August dipped to 6.49 million, down from 6.70 million July. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

U.S. jobless claims drop to 787,000, but layoffs remain high

Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin (center) said he and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "continued to narrow their differences" on the coronavirus relief package, but have not reached a deal, just 24 hours before the deadline for an Election Day deal. (Associated Press)

Negotiators hopeful on reaching coronavirus stimulus deal as White House eyes 48-hour deadline

In this Aug. 20, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) **FILE**

Biden's tax-the-rich plan would ultimately hit middle-class earners, analysis finds

Rapper 50 Cent poses for photographs before the New York Mets' baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franlkin II) ** FILE **

50 Cent refuses to back down over Biden tax plan disgust: 'I don't want to be 20 Cent'

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden waves as he arrives at The Queen theatre in Wilmington, Del., Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden tax plan could bring 62% tax rate to high earners in New York City, California: Report

This Sunday, April 5, 2020, photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. On Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident from continuing through the end of October. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) **FILE**

Census reached 99.98% of homes; shoots for Dec. 31 deadline to report final number

President Donald Trump talks to the media after stepping off Air Force One at Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: Nancy Pelosi is 'coming along' on stimulus after she gives ultimatum

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Pelosi sets 48-hour deadline for stimulus talks

A screengrab from Nuke Bizzle's video on YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZKnNhCTmeA)

Rapper who sang about bilking unemployment is arrested for bilking unemployment

This March 22, 2013, file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Tech mogul Robert Brockman charged in largest tax-evasion case in U.S. history

In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, file photo, passers-by walk past a business storefront with store closing and sale signs in Dedham, Mass. U.S. employers advertised for slightly fewer jobs in August while their hiring ticked up modestly. The Labor Department said Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, that the number of U.S. job postings on the last day of August dipped to 6.49 million, down from 6.70 million July. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

U.S. layoffs remain elevated as 898,000 seek jobless aid

In this March 19, 2020, file photo, is an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Supreme Court backs Trump in halting census count

This combination of Sept. 29, 2020, file photos shows President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. Amid the tumult of the 2020 presidential campaign, one dynamic has remained constant: The Nov. 3 election offers voters a choice between substantially different policy paths. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Study: Spending plans by Biden, Trump would hike federal debt by $5 trillion over 10 years

In this June 28, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, center, along with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, left, and then, Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou, participate in a groundbreaking event for the new Foxconn facility in Mt. Pleasant, Wis. Wisconsin told Foxconn on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, that it won't qualify for billions of dollars in state tax credits unless it strikes a new deal for the now, scaled-back factory complex that was originally negotiated in 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Foxconn's scaled-back factory won't qualify for tax credits without new deal, Wisconsin says

Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., left, listens as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. Negotiations between Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for an additional coronavirus aid package were abruptly halted last week by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi: No stand-alone airline bill without talks for a comprehensive coronavirus relief deal

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