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Toomey digs in on ‘redundant’ Fed facilities provision
The Main Street Lending Program has issued about $6 billion in loans, while the Municipal Liquidity Facility has only issued two loans, totaling $1.65 billion.
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The Main Street Lending Program has issued about $6 billion in loans, while the Municipal Liquidity Facility has only issued two loans, totaling $1.65 billion.
So after draining the full $44 billion for jobless aid, the administration would only have $6 billion remaining for any state waivers before hitting the cap on disaster relief resources.
The food stamp rolls have grown by 17 percent, or by 6 million people, since the coronavirus and state lockdowns crippled the economy in March.
If benefits were extended through January, about 5 of every 6 recipients would earn more in benefits than they would on the job, the Congressional Budget Office said last month.
Corrected 6:30 p.m. | The Government Accountability Office criticized the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic on multiple fronts Thursday, including the issuing of more than $1
In Maine, for example, the nearly 12,000 cases of rejected benefits reported last week represent a significant portion of a caseload of 65,600 as of June 6.
The AFL-CIO also petitioned OSHA on March 6 to issue such a standard, as did a nurse’s union. But the Labor Department never responded.