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Congress Won’t Send Any More Financial Aid to Restaurants Despite Pleas From the Industry

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Congress won’t send any more financial aid to restaurants, despite pleas from the industry

In the new omnibus spending bill, there won’t be any replenishment of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.Welp, it’s official: when Congress takes up the 2022 omnibus spending bill, there won’t be any new money for restaurants that are still struggling after years of pandemic-related losses. According to

. Back in January, a Biden administration official said pretty plainly that the president had no plans to support a new comprehensive stimulus for all Americans, but did hint that there might be “something small for restaurants” on the way. Many hoped that would mean more money into the RRF, which wasn’t able to distribute the vast majority of monies requested by restaurants due to lawsuits over a rule intended to help that aid reach minority-owned businesses first.

 

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