Much of the coronavirus relief provided to Americans in the CARES Act has been used—so what's next?
On 9/12/20 at 4:48 PM EDTAs Congress remains deadlocked over a new coronavirus relief package, the future of stimulus checks, unemployment benefits and the ban on evictions remains uncertain.
Senate Republicans' recent proposal of a scaled-down $500 billion stimulus was blocked by Democrats who say the amount falls far short of their initial bid of $3 trillion and won't do enough for the economy."I wish I could tell you we were going to get another package, but it doesn't look that good right now," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday in his most pessimistic remarks to date.
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