The House of Representatives is slated to vote Thursday on another round of coronavirus relief aid for restaurants that proponents say is still needed to keep small businesses afloat two years into the pandemic, but critics have panned as an unnecessary government handout.
from both the right and left for its recent political activism in Florida, also benefited from the fund.
"When Congress started this program a year ago, it became a buffet line for well-off woke corporations, including affiliates of Disney," Anderson said. "There’s no reason to believe it won’t happen again."Soon after President Biden and Democrats opened the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, it ran out of money. More than 278,000 businesses submitted applications for $72.2 billion in requested funds – far exceeding the available amount of $28.6 billion in restaurant grants.
The restaurants that lost out are still desperate for help, says House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y. As for criticism that large businesses got the cash, an SBA official told FOX Business the program was administered in accordance with the guidelines set up by Congress.
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