The city of Lafayette's Business Assistance Program starts up again today. It ran for five months at the beginning of the pandemic. Nearly 100 businesses and non-profits each received more than $1,500 in federal assistance.
Paper checks for those who need them will start being sent out Wednesday, Mnuchin said.
These payments up to $600 for individuals, $1200 for married couples and up to $600 for each child are the second wave of funds paid directly to Americans to help with the economic hit from the pandemic, CNBC s Amanda Macias reports.
The House passed a bill to increase the direct payments to $2,000 for each individual, but the Senate has yet to take a vote on it. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a bill Tuesday that would address the direct payment boost, but also included items on Section 230 legal liability protections for internet platforms and the creation of a commission to study election issues. Those additions to the bill will likely not have support from Democrats.
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WASHINGTON – There’s one final maneuver that more than a dozen of President Donald Trump’s allies in Congress, including a sitting Republican senator, say they will use to attempt to deny Joe Biden a win.
They’re going to use an 1880s law that allows members of Congress to challenge a state’s results and make the whole Congress vote on whether to accept the results. It’s been attempted after almost every election for the past two decades. It got nowhere in the past, and it almost certainly won’t now.
For this plan to work, the 18 or so House members who have said they’ll challenge results need at least one senator to sign on to each challenge they raise. On Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said he would join them in objecting to at least Pennsylvania and perhaps other states. Sen.-elect Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who will be in the Senate by Jan. 6, has expressed openness to the idea, too.