Republican Stimulus Bill Offers Unemployment, Small Business Aid
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Senate Republicans introduced a slimmed-down stimulus bill that would restore some of the extra unemployment benefits that expired in July and provide another round of relief for small businesses hit by the Covid-19 crisis.
The legislation, which Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted earlier Tuesday as a political stunt that didn’t amount to a real effort to help the economy, also includes politically charged components such as greater use of tax-privilege funds for private school expenses.