As the week draws a close, you're starting to see some consensus growing that Congress will have to act relatively soon on a phase 4 coronavirus bill to extend and improve upon the phase 3 bill
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@heatherscope Eons ago (three days) Pelosi was pushing infrastructure and McConnell was rebuffing her. Now everyone is starting to agree that more needs to be done.
Sen. Gardner: "There’s going to be additional action required."
Sen. Gardner: "There’s going to be additional action required."
@heatherscope "All the pieces in the puzzle don't fit together when we encourage: Pay your employees for eight weeks. And the state shuts down the restaurant,"Sen. Alexander said. "And ... I think it’s going to run out of money. One big bank told me that it expects a million applications."
@heatherscope "How much longer might we extend the [small business loan program], from two months to three months or three months to four months? Might we extend the unemployment insurance? Might we send a second check out?" said Sen. Coons of the possibilities
