U.S. Congress in talks on coronavirus small business aid after partisan clash

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks to the Senate Chamber floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. , April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Democrats want to mandate that $60 billion of new small-business money would be set aside for community-based lenders, including minority-run institutions. “To my Democratic colleagues, please – please - do not block emergency aid you do not even oppose just because you want something more,” McConnell said.

The National Restaurant Association, in a letter to congressional leaders, said a growing number of restaurant owners are concluding that the loan program “is not going to prevent them from permanently closing operations in local communities.” Congress and the Trump administration hope the small-business loans, coupled with aid to larger corporations, direct payments to individuals and emergency funding for hospitals, will help the United States recover from the economic devastation of the coronavirus outbreak.The pandemic has shuttered schools and businesses and left most of the nation’s population sheltering at home. On Thursday, the Labor Department said a staggering 16.

Governors and mayors have already taken away rights.....it will be easier to take more and more from this point on. They must be held accountable or the Constitution becomes a joke.

Oh please Mitch.

After the libs blocked aid to small business owners.

Good

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