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Fiscal and Economic News from
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August 2020
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POLITICO
Aug 18, 2020
Businesses Warn They Won't Participate in Trump's Payroll Tax Plan
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Roll Call
Aug 18, 2020
Scaled-Back GOP Aid Package Would Write off $10 Billion Postal Loan
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POLITICO
Aug 17, 2020
Senate Republicans to Introduce Smaller COVID Package That Includes Billions for Postal Service
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The Washington Post
Aug 17, 2020
Trump’s Unemployment Extension May Only Provide Three-Week Boost, Federal Guidance Reveals
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Roll Call
Aug 17, 2020
House to Take Up $25B for Postal Service, Other Fixes Amid Election Uproar
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The Hill
Aug 17, 2020
States Expected to Roll Out Weekly $300 Unemployment Boost in Late August
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Bloomberg
Aug 17, 2020
Economy Is the Loser with Trump, Democrats Locked in Bitter Feud
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MarketWatch
Aug 15, 2020
U.S. Is Closing in on Doing Something It Hasn’t Done since World War II — Borrowing More Money Than It Raises
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Roll Call
Aug 14, 2020
Senate Backlash on Pandemic Aid Sets up September Stopgap Fight
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The New York Times
Aug 14, 2020
State and Local Budget Pain Looms over Economy’s Future
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The New York Times
Aug 13, 2020
$400 Unemployment Supplement Is Really $300, and Won’t Arrive Soon
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Roll Call
Aug 13, 2020
Senate Breaks for August Recess with No Coronavirus Deal in Sight
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The Washington Post
Aug 12, 2020
Relief Talks Stumble Again as Trump Asserts a Deal Is ‘Not Going to Happen’
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The New York Times
Aug 12, 2020
Administration Reaches Out to Democrats on Stimulus Bill
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The Washington Post
Aug 12, 2020
July Tax Filings Helped Boost Revenue, but U.S. Budget Deficit Is Tipping toward $3 Trillion for 2020
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Bloomberg
Aug 12, 2020
Trump Pledges Big Tax Cuts That May Do Nothing for the Economy
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The Washington Post
Aug 11, 2020
White House Clarifies Limits of Jobless Aid Plan as Talks with Congress Dim
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Bloomberg
Aug 11, 2020
Stimulus Impasse Risks Dragging to September, Imperiling Economy
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Bloomberg
Aug 10, 2020
Trump Says He’s ‘Seriously’ Mulling a Capital Gains Tax Cut
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The New York Times
Aug 10, 2020
Governors Say Trump’s Order on Pandemic Relief Could Wreck State Budgets
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