#NEW Joe Biden unveils his $1.9T stimulus proposal, the American Rescue Plan:

-$1,400 stimulus checks
-$400 federal expansion of unemployment
-$15 federal minimum wage
-$350 billion state and local government aid
-$170 billion for K-12 schools and higher education
-$50 billion for Covid-19 testing
-$20 billion toward a national vaccine program
-extend federal eviction and foreclosure protections until Sept
-make the Child Tax Credit fully refundable for the year and increase the credit to $3,000 per child ($3,600 for a child under 6)
#MORE Addressing steep price of plan, Biden says "I know what I described does not come cheaply but failure to do so will cost us dearly.”

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12 Jan
#NEW @USDOL JOLTS report shows leisure and hospitality being hit hard by pandemic shutdowns

The survey found there were 6.63 million job openings in November vs an estimated 10.74 million workers in need of a job

The number of openings was down 1.6% from October, -3.9% YoY
#MORE Openings in leisure and hospitality fell to 801,000, down just 16,000 from October but p;unging 17% compared to 2019

Layoffs in the sector surged 17.6% from October to 1.68 million
#MORE Separations rate rose to 3.8% in Nov from 3.6% in Oct as 271k workers left or lost their jobs

Leisure and hospitality separations rate surged to 8.2% from 5.8%

Overall quits rate unchanged at 2.2%

Quits rate for leisure and hospitality rose to 4.7% from 4.3%
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The final night of the Republican National Convention is underway, leading up to President Trump's speech to accept the Republican nomination to run for re-election.

Tune in #NOW to @OANN for #LIVE uninterrupted coverage of the night.
RNC begins with a video by @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy detailing the accomplishments for Americans under the Trump Administration
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25 Aug 20
Turning Point USA Founder @charliekirk11 is first speaker on night one of #RNCConvention2020
Second speaker of the night is a public school teacher from California.

Starts her speech condemning leaders of teacher's unions.
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