Looks like after much hubub and bickering —- Congress has at least somewhat hashed out a temporary COVID-relief bill until a later date. According to multiple reports; Moscow Mitch, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office an initial agreed-to bill appears to be coming.
In that bill are the following things headed to Americans: a 2nd stimulus check of $600 per eligible person, and an additional $300 a week in unemployment. The extended unemployment reportedly will last upwards of four months and will be revisited if the pandemic has not gotten under control at that time. It’s also worth noting that if the Democrats win the Senate future COVID-relief bills will likely look dramatically different.
It appears that in part the GOP caved to $600 and additional weeks of unemployment because it looks by all accounts that the GOP is poised to lose Georgia. According to Politico, Loeffler and that other guy are both getting hammered pretty bad in the Senate races.
Meanwhile, the AP reports that Moscow Mitch has backed off his demand for liability protections but was succesful in making his demand that states and such get no money directly. This means that some of the states hit hardest by the Coronavirus will continue to struggle directly.
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