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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner joined Senate Democratic colleagues in pressing the Department of Labor to ensure workers Congress intended to be covered by the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program receive the benefits they deserve.
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Congress and President Trump are committing $2.2 trillion in money that we don’t have to try to prop up the economy during the COVID-19 shutdown. It’s a necessary evil.
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A group of Democratic leaders is raising questions about reports that the White House has assembled technology and health care firms to establish a far-reaching national coronavirus surveillance system.
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A bipartisan effort is urging the SBA and Treasury to improve flexibility and cut red tape for American small businesses seeking federal assistance and loan forgiveness through the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program.
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are calling for funding to support local journalism and media to be included in any future COVID-19 relief package.
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Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Kendra Horn, D-Okla., are leading an effort calling on the SBA and Department of the Treasury to take immediate steps to encourage additional lenders to issue Paycheck Protection Program loans to small businesses.
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A recent Goldman Sachs survey confirms that more than half of U.S. small business owners say their business will not be able to continue operating more than three months due to the economic strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine led a group of Virginia congressional leaders urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to provide Virginia maximum flexibility to use funding from the coronavirus economic relief package to help address budget shortfalls.
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States are struggling to implement provisions of the CARES Act and swiftly provide financial aid to Americans who are part of the “gig economy.”
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Sens. Charles Schumer, Bernie Sanders and Ron Wyden are urging the Department of Labor “to do everything” to help states rapidly disburse unemployment benefits to millions of Americans in desperate financial need.
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