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House pitches justice system changes in new COVID-19 relief bill
</p> Congress already gave the prisons, in the prior relief bill, an extra $100 million for similar COVID-19 costs.
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</p> Congress already gave the prisons, in the prior relief bill, an extra $100 million for similar COVID-19 costs.
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> The bill would also dip into the Treasury’s General Fund to pay for highways and airports.
</p> The language in the broader coronavirus relief bill also would provide $400 million to the Census Bureau to deal with pandemic-related delays.
</p> The bill contains provisions allowing immigrant physicians engaged in U.S. work related to COVID-19 to bypass a long wait for a green card.
</p> The bill also would provide more than $14 billion in additional funds for programs to provide food for the poor.
</p> The proposal (HR 6800) put together by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants has already been rejected out of hand by Republicans in both chambers, who have called the bill a wish list that
</p> [Pent-up tax demands could resurface in House Democrats’ aid bill]</p> There are other generous provisions for families included in the Democrats’ package as well.
</p> “The staggering scale of this crisis demands extraordinary urgency, and therefore, the House will be proceeding with our vote on the [relief bill] on Friday,” several House committee leaders wrote
</p> The bill would provide small businesses significantly more flexibility on how they spend their PPP funds and remain eligible for loan forgiveness.
those without internet access at home,” according to the bill summary.
</p> And when other state and local related aid is included, such as money for Medicaid, education, housing and highways, the total easily tops $1 trillion.</p> Local officials praised the bill.
</p> The more than $3 trillion bill released Tuesday is expected to go to the House floor on Friday.
Hoyer told reporters Tuesday of the coronavirus relief bill.
Department of Transportation is easing some requirements it placed on airlines that received aid under a coronavirus spending bill, including mandates that they serve all airports they did before the lockdown
</p> Congress established the position to oversee the Treasury Department’s handling of the bailout funds included in March’s massive coronavirus response bill.
</p> That panel is led by Majority Whip James E. Clyburn of South Carolina and Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana.
</p> Automatic stabilizers are not a new idea.
</p> Justice Neil M.
</p> More than 20 million people filed for unemployment in April.