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US coronavirus response ramps up as feds, states mobilize
As the coronavirus outbreak continued to disrupt American life, numerous actions have been taken – in Washington, in state capitals and at the local level -- to help get a grip on a situation that simultaneously threatened to spin out of control.
As the coronavirus outbreak continued to disrupt American life, numerous actions have been taken – in Washington, in state capitals and at the local level -- to help get a grip on a situation that simultaneously threatened to spin out of control.
In Washington, President Trump said Wednesday he would invoke the Defense Production Act, a move designed to help private businesses ramp up production and distribution of medical supplies and equipment needed to combat the virus also known as COVID-19. “If we need to use it we’ll be using it,” the president said. “It’s full speed ahead.”
On a day that saw confirmed U.S. cases of the virus surpass 9,300 and deaths top 130, Trump also signed a second coronavirus relief bill that called for providing paid sick leave, unemployment aid and free testing to the public. Trump and members of Congress also were considering providing as much as $300 billion to the airline industry and other distressed businesses.
Total projected government expenditures as high as $1 trillion – including proposed checks paid directly to the public -- seemed contrary to everything the Republican Party normally preaches about fiscal responsibility – but these were unusual circumstances, some party members noted." Click here for more on our top story.
Other coronavirus developments:
- Trump invokes Defense Production Act: What is it?
- Trump administration seeks 2 rounds of checks to Americans
- Ilhan Omar praises Trump's 'incredible' response to coronavirus pandemic
- Maxine Waters says adults should get $2G per month, children $1G per month
- Trump invokes Defense Production Act: What is it?
- Trump administration seeks 2 rounds of checks to Americans
- Ilhan Omar praises Trump's 'incredible' response to coronavirus pandemic
- Maxine Waters says adults should get $2G per month, children $1G per month
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