Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

April 2020

Source: AP News
Apr 28, 2020
Congress Set to Reopen, but New Virus Aid Faces Divisions
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Source: Bloomberg
Apr 28, 2020
Record-Long U.S. Expansion to See Its End in First-Quarter GDP
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Source: Roll Call
Apr 28, 2020
States Navigate Jobless Flood at Different Speeds
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Source: POLITICO
Apr 27, 2020
Small Business Rescue Stumbles in Relaunch
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Source: The Hill
Apr 27, 2020
Small Business Coronavirus Loan Program Reopens under Crush of Demand
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Source: AP News
Apr 27, 2020
Out to Regain Footing, Trump Shifts Virus Focus to Economy
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Source: USA Today
Apr 26, 2020
State and Local Governments Brace for Huge Cuts as Feds Debate Sending Help for Coronavirus-Related Revenue Loss
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Source: AP News
Apr 24, 2020
CBO Says Deficit to Reach $3.7 Trillion in Economic Decline
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Source: AP News
Apr 23, 2020
New House Panel Created to Track Aid Dollars, Virus Response
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Source: The New York Times
Apr 23, 2020
Financial Aid to Struggling States Is Next Big Congressional Battle
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Source: NPR
Apr 23, 2020
Trump Signs Latest Coronavirus Economic Relief Package, Aimed at Small Businesses
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Source: AP News
Apr 23, 2020
Lawmakers, Many in Masks, Debate Mammoth New Aid Package
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Source: NPR
Apr 23, 2020
Deluge Continues: 26 Million Jobs Lost in Just 5 Weeks
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Source: AP News
Apr 22, 2020
Administration Offers Plan to Cover COVID Care for Uninsured
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Source: Roll Call
Apr 22, 2020
No Change in Social Security, Medicare Finances, for Now
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Source: AP News
Apr 22, 2020
Social Security and Medicare Funds at Risk Even before Virus
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Source: AP News
Apr 22, 2020
Congress Eyes New Virus Aid, but McConnell Signals ‘Pause’
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Source: The New York Times
Apr 21, 2020
Senate Approves Aid for Small-Business Loan Program, Hospitals and Testing
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Source: NPR
Apr 21, 2020
Trump Touts Bipartisan Coronavirus Package, Expresses Support for More Relief
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Source: Roll Call
Apr 21, 2020
Coronavirus Aid Deal to Pass Senate Tuesday, Schumer Says
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Source: The Washington Post
Apr 21, 2020
White House Readies Push to Slash Regulations as Major Part of Its Coronavirus Economic Recovery Plan
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Source: Bloomberg
Apr 21, 2020
U.S. Debt to Surge Past Wartime Record, Deficit to Quadruple
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Source: The New York Times
Apr 20, 2020
Fed Gearing Up to Help Smaller Local Governments
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Source: AP News
Apr 20, 2020
Trump, Congress Near Deal on Small Business, Hospital Aid
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Source: POLITICO
Apr 20, 2020
The IRS Is Drowning in Unopened Tax Refund Requests amid Pandemic
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