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News Articles: coronavirus relief

President Biden challenged those who call his stimulus plan too big: "Let me ask them a rhetorical question: What would you have me cut?"

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  • Economy

Biden's $1.9 Trillion Rescue Plan: Vital Medicine Or Costly Overkill?

Backers of the president's ambitious stimulus plan say it will help struggling families and businesses, but critics say it goes too far.

February 26, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
President Trump left for his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida this week without signing the measure. The legislation was also sent to the Sunshine State just in case.

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  • Politics

Jobless Benefits Lapse For Millions As Trump Withholds Signature On Relief Bill

The nearly $900 billion package includes an extension of jobless aid. The president's criticisms of the bill, including that relief payments would be too small, caught much of Washington by surprise.

December 27, 2020
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By:
  • Jason Slotkin
Members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus — co-chairs Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., at lectern, and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., to his right — took credit for helping to break the logjam on an emergency COVID-19 relief bill.

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  • Politics

Congress Passes $900 Billion Coronavirus Relief Bill, Ending Months-Long Stalemate

The legislation extending aid to unemployed, providing money for vaccine distribution and a round of $600 stimulus checks was attached to an annual government funding bill that tacked on other items.

December 22, 2020
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  • Deirdre Walsh
Wells Fargo has fired more than 100 employees whom it says personally defrauded a pandemic relief program from the Small Business Administration.

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  • Business

Wells Fargo Fires More Than 100 Employees Accused Of Coronavirus Relief Fraud

The employees' alleged actions were outside of their work responsibilities and do not involve Wells Fargo's customers, the company said. The bank says it's cooperating with law enforcement.

October 15, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) during the Senate's Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing examining the quarterly CARES Act report to Congress on September 24, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Congress Should Do Their Job So Millions of Americans Can Do Theirs

Millions of Americans are suffering from the economic effects of the pandemic while Congress fails to agree on another round of relief.

September 26, 2020
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  • Scott Simon
The U.S. surpassed 5 million coronavirus cases on Sunday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. still leads the world in coronavirus cases. Brazil, the country with the second-most infections, has just over 3 million.

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  • National

U.S. Hits 5 Million Coronavirus Cases As Debate Lingers Over The Path Forward

The U.S. continues to lead the world in both cases and deaths, as states across the Midwest and South battle a surge in new cases.

August 09, 2020
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  • Jason Slotkin

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