5 Things Holding Up the Second Stimulus Package
For many Americans, 2020 is one of the most challenging years of their lives. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a complete upheaval of societal norms, sent the U.S. unemployment rate to levels not seen in over eight decades, and cost roughly 165,000 Americans their lives.
While the fight against the coronavirus continues in laboratories around the world, U.S. lawmakers felt that the best way to tackle the financial maelstrom brought on by the pandemic was to throw a record amount of money at it. This is how the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act came into being on March 27.
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