Trump Signs $484 Billion Stimulus Bill
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Trump signs $484 billion measure to aid employers, hospitals
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a $484 billion bill Friday to aid employers and hospitals under stress from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 50,000 Americans and devastated broad swaths of the economy.
The bill is the latest effort by the federal government to help keep afloat businesses that have had to close or dramatically alter their operations as states try to slow the spread of the virus. Over the past five weeks, roughly 26 million people have filed for jobless aid, or about 1 in...
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Trump signs into law $484 billion bill that replenishes coronavirus aid program for small businesses
President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a $484 billion measure that provides additional money for a coronavirus aid program for small businesses, following the Democratic-led House’s approval of the legislation on Thursday and the Republican-run Senate’s passage of it on Tuesday.
The bill received overwhelming support in the House, with 388 votes in favor of it and only five against it, while the Senate approved it by a voice vote.
The measure, which comes after extensive negotiations between Democrats and Republicans produced a deal on Tuesday, contains about...
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Trump signs coronavirus aid bill as tensions rise over next one WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a nearly $500 billion interim coronavirus bill into law Friday that includes additional money for the small-business loan program, as well as more funding for hospitals and testing.
Trump was joined in the Oval Office for the bill signing by Republican lawmakers and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who has been a key White House negotiator with Congress in coronavirus aid legislation. During the ceremony, Trump walked back his comments from the day before that people could get an “injection” of a “disinfectant” that kills...
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