Businesses eagerly wait for help as COVID relief remains in limbo
Greg Liggins reports.
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Some Californians may no longer be receiving unemployment checks.
For others, those checks are going to be smaller, unless a government aid bill gets signed by the president, or Congress quickly works out a compromise.
This is happening because the economic stimulus package approved by Congress has not been signed by President Donald Trump.
The president says he’s holding out for a bigger check for Americans. He wants $2000 instead of the $600 that’s already been approved by Congress, for every qualifying adult.
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The president has thrown the fate of the bill into jeopardy.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Dec. 23, 2020. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo
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Congress sent the massive coronavirus stimulus package and annual budget measure to President Donald Trump Thursday afternoon, though the president has signaled that he doesn’t support the bill as written.
Both the House and the Senate enrolled the bill Thursday. Now the 5,000-page legislation will be sent immediately to Mar-a-Lago where Trump is currently staying.
The president has thrown the fate of the bill into jeopardy by expressing frustration with the $600 stimulus checks included in the package, instead pushing for $2,000 direct payments. Trump s complaints about the content of the bill comes after he largely left the negotiations up to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Until earlier this week, White House officials suggeste
Second round of PPP loans included in new COVID-19 relief package
A second round of help is on the way as Congress finally agrees on a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill.
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TAMPA, Fla â A second round of help is on the way as Congress finally agrees on a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill.
The bill must still be voted on and that is expected to happen Monday, Dec. 21.
There are several elements to the bill which include the revival of the Paycheck Protection Program, an extension of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program for the unemployed and a second round of stimulus checks.