‘Just calm down’: Pelosi fails to reassure with message for state and local governments battling Covid-19 and its economic fallout
As small businesses and state governments struggle amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Nancy Pelosi has dismissed accusations that she made an error by supporting an interim relief package, telling critics to “just calm down.”
Speaker of the House Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have received heavy criticism from progressives following their support of an interim coronavirus relief bill that did not include financial support for state and local governments, originally a sticking point for their party.
A second CARES Act has been promised, which will be a more expansive relief bill, though the interim package has pushed that potential legislation back. Democrats also delayed the previous CARES Act, which could spell bad news for the upcoming bill.
With Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently suggesting state governments should “go the bankruptcy route” rather than receive federal funding, the contents of the followup CARES Act have come under question.
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