President will ask Congress for $250bn more to help small businesses survive during pandemic lockdown
"I will protect you if your governor fails," Trump said during his dailybriefing from the White House before announcing his request that lawmakers refill the Paycheck Protection Program, to which Congress initially allocated $349bn, after demand raided the account as businesses reeled from the pandemic outbreak."Some governors fail. But when they fail, I will help."
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