Source: Lindsey McPherson, ROLL CALL, 4/7/20


The House could pass a small-business aid package as early as Friday and a broader coronavirus relief package as soon as late April, Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer told CQ Roll Call in an interview Tuesday. Both pieces of legislation are designed to follow up on the $2.3 trillion package that Congress passed last month. That measure included $349 billion to fund forgivable loans for small businesses to keep employees on the payroll through the pandemic, but the money is being depleted quicker than lawmakers anticipated.

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