Instead of squandering trillions on poorly-targeted relief, the U.S. government could have spent a few hundred billion on testing and vaccine research. Better yet, it could have offered hundreds of billions in prizes for progress in these areas – prizes open to anyone on Earth to win. So...
To my relief, I saw several fact-checkers at legacy institutions had determined the “kill switch” mandate was not true.…Unfortunately, my relief evaporated once I looked at the bill itself. Sec. 24220 of the law explicitly states: “[T]o ensure the prevention of alcohol-impaired driving ...
Image:Rachel Reeves 'We've had enough' Extending business rates relief would also help small businesses, Ms McKenzie added. The hospitality industry has been given a 75% discount on business rates since 2020, but that is due to end next April. Toby Dicker, founder of t...
By KELLY HOOPER 02/28/2024 05:01 AM EST Education Watchdog dings Biden admin over fraud risks in student debt relief program By MICHAEL STRATFORD 11/16/2023 07:45 PM EST Updated 11/16/2023 09:10 PM EST Finance & Tax Unemployment fraud hit $100-135B during Covid, watchdog says By...
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checks however have been cut to$600 (singles) and $1200 (couples)versus the first round of economic impact payments of $1200 ($2400 for couples). This was done in order to keep the overall COVID relief bill price-tag to below $1 trillion to get passed through the Re...
GOP leaders are mulling a plan that would include a “clean” debt limit with a mostly “clean” stopgap bill, with only disaster relief and farm aid attached, according to multiple GOP sources. It would strip out other key provisions Johnson and Democrats had already agreed to, such as th...
government tallies as of July 31, 2024, the U.S. had spent a total of $4.65 trillion on a variety of programs related to COVID-19 relief.38 What Was the First Big Government Bailout? The first big government bailout occurred during the Panic of 1792 when Treasury Secretary Alexander ...
Dear Chairmen Carper and Graves and Ranking Members Capito and Larsen: The undersigned organizations support S. 4134/H.R. 8030, the Drought Relief Obtained Using Government Help Today Act of 2024. This legislation, introduced by Senator Alex Padilla and
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