Summation of COVID-19 Federal Responses Archive

President Trump released new guidelines outlining the White House’s plan for reopening the country from its current state of lockdown. Before states or r…

President Trump released new guidelines outlining the White House’s plan for reopening the country from its current state of lockdown.The Small Business …

President Donald Trump announced a list of Economic Recovery Industry Groups that will advise the government on reopening the U.S. economy. These bipartis…

Director of the White House Economic Council, Larry Kudlow, said the Small Business Administration (SBA) has distributed almost all of the $350 billion it rece…

The Trump Administration is beginning to give us an idea of the point at which the federal government will support “re-opening” the country. Presid…

Friday, April 10, many healthcare providers woke up to find they’d received an automatic deposit in their account from the Department of Health and Human…

The Senate did not pass a bill to provide an extra $250 billion in funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at…

Congress appears ready to pass legislation that provides upwards of $250 billion in additional funding for the paycheck protection program that provides Small …

On April 3, President Trump announced that hospitals should not bill uninsured patients for COVID-19 treatment. He said the Department of Health and Human Serv…

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released an interim final rule that provides many important details for how lenders will implement the paycheck pr…

Beginning Friday, April 3, approved lenders can start processing applications for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program that was created by the CARES Act…

CongressBoth President Trump and Speaker Pelosi expressed their desire for Phase IV to include infrastructure spending.President Trump specifically wants to sp…

CongressThe House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee hopes to include its bill to address unexpected out-of-network (OON) “surprise” medical b…

CongressHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has indeed confirmed that the House is already discussing its next major piece of legislation to help the country res…

CongressThe House of Representatives passed the “Phase III” CARES Act this afternoon by a voice vote. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) tried to force a ro…

CongressIn the late hours of March 25, 2020, the Senate passed its $2 trillion “Phase III” response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), …

CongressEarly this morning, Congressional and White House negotiators reached a deal to finalize the “Phase III” stimulus legislation. The final ve…

CongressCongress and the White House are still in negotiations on the bipartisan Phase III stimulus bill, but a deal appears close. Senate Minority Leader Chuc…

CongressCongress is still in negotiations on the Phase III stimulus bill. The Senate held procedural votes to advance the bill on Sunday and Monday, but both v…

CongressThe Senate is continuing to negotiate changes to its Phase III stimulus legislation. This draft version of the bill was introduced by Senate Majority L…