eagle1462010
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Seems they got the Hyde Amendment and other issues resolved.......It passed almost unanimously in the House.
House passes bill to help prop up economy from coronavirus
The measure, which passed 363-40, includes provisions that would ensure that workers can take paid sick or family leave, bolster unemployment insurance, and guarantee that all Americans can get free diagnostic testing for the coronavirus.
Trump eventually tweeted that he “fully” supports the bill to assure anxious GOP lawmakers that he would sign it into law. Trump added that he directed the Treasury and Labor departments “to issue regulations that will provide flexibility so that in no way will small businesses be hurt.”
he legislation would create a national paid sick leave policy for the first time — albeit only through this year to address the coronavirus outbreak — to ensure that people won’t face pay cuts if they miss work due to illness. Employers with fewer than 500 workers as well as government employers would have to provide two weeks of paid sick leave.
The bill would also allow for workers to have up to three months of paid family and medical leave related to being quarantined or caring for children whose schools are closed because of the coronavirus. Workers would receive a benefit from their employers amounting to at least two-thirds of their usual pay.
A provision pushed by the GOP would provide for refundable tax credits as a way to help defray the costs for businesses adapting to the paid leave requirements.
The package is the latest installment of actions by Congress in response to the coronavirus pandemic; Trump last week signed an $8.3 billion emergency spending package into law to boost agencies’ efforts to combat the virus.
House passes bill to help prop up economy from coronavirus
The measure, which passed 363-40, includes provisions that would ensure that workers can take paid sick or family leave, bolster unemployment insurance, and guarantee that all Americans can get free diagnostic testing for the coronavirus.
Trump eventually tweeted that he “fully” supports the bill to assure anxious GOP lawmakers that he would sign it into law. Trump added that he directed the Treasury and Labor departments “to issue regulations that will provide flexibility so that in no way will small businesses be hurt.”
he legislation would create a national paid sick leave policy for the first time — albeit only through this year to address the coronavirus outbreak — to ensure that people won’t face pay cuts if they miss work due to illness. Employers with fewer than 500 workers as well as government employers would have to provide two weeks of paid sick leave.
The bill would also allow for workers to have up to three months of paid family and medical leave related to being quarantined or caring for children whose schools are closed because of the coronavirus. Workers would receive a benefit from their employers amounting to at least two-thirds of their usual pay.
A provision pushed by the GOP would provide for refundable tax credits as a way to help defray the costs for businesses adapting to the paid leave requirements.
The package is the latest installment of actions by Congress in response to the coronavirus pandemic; Trump last week signed an $8.3 billion emergency spending package into law to boost agencies’ efforts to combat the virus.
