President Trump took dramatic steps to loosen restrictions on telehealth, which could have long-lasting effects beyond the coronavirus outbreak
Driving the DayThis is your Congress at warp speed. Even before the Senate clears a $100 billion-plus coronavirus stimulus package — just weeks after clearing $8.3 billion of emergency funding — the White House and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are well into work on a third aid bill propping up a string of hard-hit industries.
. “If there is so much as a DIME of corporate bailout money in the next relief package, it should include a reinstated ban on stock buybacks.”that includes provisions ensuring free testing and creating a paid leave program as soon as today.House Democrats were livid after learning that so-called technical fixes made to the stimulus package actually included a major scale-back of its paid leave program, POLITICO's Sarah Ferris, Adam Cancryn and Heather Caygle report.
More than 45,000 Ohio workers have applied for unemployment over the past week, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services told Sen. Rob Portman, a nearly sevenfold increase over the previous week. In New Jersey, 15,000 people applied for unemployment benefits on Monday, a twelvefold increase over normal levels.
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