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Congress Already Prepping Next Relief Bill
March 29, 2020 at 11:10 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 54 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2020/03/29/congress-already-prepping-next-relief-bill/
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Wall Street Journal: Legislators from both parties, administration officials, economists, think tanks and lobbyists are already roughing out the contours of yet another emergency-spending packageperhaps larger than the lastto try to keep the coronavirus crisis from turning into a 21st-century Great Depression. Many expect the debate to begin in earnest by late April.
The ideas being floated include extending last weeks package to make the benefits last longer, as well as plugging in likely holes in the hastily assembled bill. One item in particular cited by both President Trump and Democratic leaders is a desire for more money to shore up state government budgets collapsing under lost tax revenues and new spending demands.
A common theme from economists and legislators across the political spectrum: The latest measure was mainly about keeping U.S. commerce on life support while it endures a medically induced coma. That is, paying businesses and workers revenues and wages lost during the shutdown. A next phase would likely pivot from stabilization to stimulusproviding the patient a robust regimen of physical therapy in an attempt to get the economy back to full health.
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FirstLight
(13,364 posts)Funny how we didn't have the money for so many other programs when things were "normal" but now they can spend left & right ...
Also, the Irs site still doesn't have any onfo set up for disbursements...
So where's my $$ bitches?
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)The 1,200 is barely enough for people to make ends meet in April, for many it wont be enough. There will have to be more.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Speaker Pelosi hinted that in her pressers last week.