Republican coronavirus relief bill includes no local aid, smaller unemployment benefits and $20...
Story Date: 7/24/2020

 

Source: Hunter Walker, MSN, 7/23/20

 
The White House is pushing for the new coronavirus relief bill to include $20 billion in direct payments to farmers, among other measures that may complicate negotiations with Democrats as Congress rushes to pass the $1 trillion stimulus package, according to a draft plan obtained by Yahoo News. The bill is designed to provide a new round of stimulus payments, unemployment benefits and Paycheck Protection Program loans for small businesses, but as with the first relief package, the two parties are clashing over the size...

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