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</p> The third bill (S 3548) to respond to the economic effects of the pandemic would extend funding for community health centers and other public health programs through Nov. 30, providing certainty
</p> The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that overall during the next decade, the tax provisions of the massive relief bill will cost $591 billion.
Pennsylvania is poised to become the next state to move its April 28 primaries to June 2, with a bill headed for the governor’s desk.
</p> The agencies issued joint guidelines detailing how the new process works.
</p> Anti-hunger advocates say most requests are in line with past requests states make in times of disaster. </p> For example, Gov.
</p> [Thursday likely earliest stimulus bill gets to Trump’s desk]</p> Text of the stimulus package will be added to an unrelated bill previously passed by the House.
</p> [Pelosi: Coronavirus stimulus deal an improvement, but under review]</p> Among its key provisions, the bill would suspend monthly payments on federally-held student loans through September, with
</p> But for the $3 billion for contractors, the bill matches what Airlines for America, an industry group, had called for.
</p> [Thursday likely earliest stimulus bill gets to Trump’s desk]</p> Of those, the largest chunk — $3.8 billion — would go to the Defense Health Program, which provides medical care to Defense Department
</p> “This is not going to be the last bill,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on the “PBS Newshour” on Wednesday.
</p> The bill would create a $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund for state, territorial, tribal and local governments. All but $11 billion would go directly to states.
</p> [Thursday likely earliest stimulus bill gets to Trump’s desk]</p> Among the other major elements of the bill, it seemed like most of the key details had been settled on based on various drafts and
</p> “Thanks to the unity and insistence of Senate and House Democrats, the bill has moved a great deal closer to America’s workers,” the California Democrat said in a statement.
</p> Under the bill, the Small Business Administration would provide the loans through its existing 7(a) program in amounts equal to two and a half months of payroll, with a maximum of $10 million.
</p> An earlier version of the appropriations package in the bill would have given the department borrowing authority up to $50 billion — a $20 billion increase over the current borrowing limit from the
</p> The bill includes a so-called “Marshall Plan” for hospitals that Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., demanded.
</p> Senate Democrats took credit for stripping out that money from the Senate bill, unveiled Wednesday, calling it a “bailout” for the oil industry.
</p> The timing of a House vote obviously depends on when the Senate acts. </p> “We’ll see the bill, and see when the Senate votes.
</p> One mistake in the 2017 law prevents retailers and restaurants from depreciating building improvements in a single year, as intended in the 2017 bill.