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“Allow states to declare bankruptcy legally because you passed the bill. It’ll be the first time in our nation’s history that that happened. I dare you to do that.”
from the second economic relief bill.
</p> [Trump signs coronavirus aid bill for small business, hospitals]</p> The FDA issued the warning against using hydroxychloroquine and a related drug, chloroquine, for other than for their intended
</p> An economic relief package enacted in March included $150 billion in state aid related to the coronavirus, while the most recent bill includes $11 billion more for state efforts on testing and outreach
</p> It was also the period when Congress began working in earnest on a roughly $2 trillion spending bill that included $61 billion in federal grants and loans for airlines.
House ranking member Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, said his role was limited on a bill that originated in the Senate and gave credit to Rubio for “leading the charge” on the PPP. </p> Sen.
As House members return to Washington to vote on a $483.4 billion interim COVID-19 aid bill Thursday, state and local governments say their budgets can’t wait much longer for federal relief.
</p> [No change in Social Security, Medicare finances, for now]</p> The rural allocation will be $10 billion, distributed as early as next week, for the country’s nearly 2,000 rural hospitals and clinics
</p> Democrats sought to include vaccine affordability provisions in an earlier pandemic aid package (PL 116-123), an $8.3 billion supplemental appropriations bill to bolster health care agencies and
</p> What’s West Texas Intermediate?
</p> The fourth economic aid bill addressing the coronavirus pandemic includes $75 billion for medical providers and $25 billion to increase testing capacity.
</p> By voice vote, the Senate sent the $483.4 billion bill, the latest COVID-19 economic rescue measure, to the House, which could act on the legislation as early as Thursday.
</p> [Unions, employers want pension relief included in coronavirus aid talks]</p> A clear and enforceable workplace safety standard also should be a precondition of reopening, the labor leader said,
</p> The $800 billion trucking industry, meanwhile, didn’t ask for a dime, though advocates said they were hopeful members could have some access to the $350 billion in small business loans in the bill
</p> [DOE negotiating with oil companies to store excess supplies]</p> Crude prices have continued to fall for several weeks as the coronavirus pandemic slowed global demand, exacerbating market problems
Bill Cassidy, R-La. </p> The department also leases acreage to energy companies to drill for oil and gas, dig for coal and produce renewable electricity.
</p> Unions and affected companies are lobbying for something akin to a 30-page draft bill circulated last month by Senate Democrats, which melds aid to single employers with aspects of competing union
</p> [Lawmakers prod USDA to aid local food growers hit by pandemic]</p> Of the $19 billion, $16 billion in direct payments to farmers and ranchers will be “based on actual losses for agricultural producers
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