Tag: Mark Meadow

Meadows says benefits to expire as negotiators struggle to get deal

The Hill logoWhite House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Wednesday that added unemployment benefits will formally expire on Friday as negotiators appear to be struggling to make any progress toward a bipartisan deal.

“Enhanced unemployment insurance provisions will expire,” Meadows told reporters after a meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer(D-N.Y.).

Asked if he believed that it would happen now, he added: “I do.” Continue reading.

Trump names Mark Meadows as new chief of staff

The Hill logoPresident Trump on Friday announced that Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) would replace Mick Mulvaney as his chief of staff, becoming the fourth person to hold the position during Trump’s tenure.

The president announced the news in a tweet, saying he would appoint Mulvaney as U.S. special envoy for Northern Ireland.

“I am pleased to announce that Congressman Mark Meadows will become White House Chief of Staff. I have long known and worked with Mark, and the relationship is a very good one,” Trump tweeted Friday night while in Palm Beach, Fla., for fundraising events after a day of official travel. Continue reading.