President Trump Signs Legislation
Dec 28, 2020 at 06:16 am by
WGNS
(WASHINGTON DC) A government shut-down has been avoided when on Sunday (12/27/2020) President Donald J. Trump signed into law COVID-19 Relief Funding legislation.
The president was trying to negotiate an increase to $2,000 per American worker making less than $75,000 annually. Instead the amount remained at $600.
It included a bicameral proposal that holds patients harmless from surprise bills and resolves payment disputes between providers and insurers. The legislation signed into law also includes Alexander’s bipartisan higher education proposals, which significantly simplifies the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by reducing its 108 questions to a maximum of 36 questions, restores the ability for incarcerated individuals to get a Pell Grant, reinstates Pell Grant eligibility for students who have been defrauded, forgives outstanding debt of Historically Black Colleges and Universities that received loans under the federal HBCU Capital Financing Loan Program, and removes certain unnecessary regulations and aid limitations on institutions of higher education and students. This was created by thebi-partisan committee chaired by U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN).