![]() ![]() ![]() McConnell's proposal also would provide liability limitations for coronavirus-related lawsuits against businesses. ![]() I hope Democrats will finally let us get a bipartisan outcome soon.- Leader McConnell December 2, 2020 Yesterday I put forward yet another proposal that would invest many billions in workers, laid-off Americans, small businesses, & vaccine distribution. Republicans have spent months proposing more COVID relief. The two new stimulus proposals - one from a bipartisan group of lawmakers and a less-generous plan from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - don't include funding for more direct payments to Americans, though they would provide money for unemployment aid and other support. Lawmakers could still pass a stimulus bill before the Senate adjourns for its holiday recess on December 18, but even the most generous of the two proposals under consideration would fall far short of the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was signed into law in March and which provided $1,200 checks to most Americans.Įven with some form of economic stimulus by year-end, experts say those $1,200 checks are unlikely to recur - at least until after a new session of Congress begins in early January. So where does that leave Americans anxiously awaiting a second federal stimulus check - the cash payments that were distributed earlier this year? As lawmakers are negotiating a scaled-down deal, the popular stimulus checks aren't likely to be part of another round of aid. government to approve a second coronavirus relief package. ![]()
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