Plus, reopening stumbles. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 12, 2020.
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Relief: Can Pelosi and Trump Triangulate McConnell?
Today on TAP: The next coronavirus aid bill
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The Absolute Absurdity of Blanket Corporate Immunity
With his new proposal, McConnell rides to the rescue of America’s least imperiled.
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Centrist Democrat Backs Bailout Plan Pushed by His Private Equity Donors
New Jersey Representative Josh Gottheimer is backing a plan from one of his top private equity donors to expand a Federal Reserve bailout program.
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Laid-Off Workers Lost Health Coverage: Where’s Pelosi?
Today on TAP: Debates over COBRA impede congressional action
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Grim Reaper Mitch (R-KY)
Today on TAP: The Senate majority leader bargains with workers’ lives
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Uber’s Bait and Switch on Paid Sick Leave
Rideshare drivers with pre-existing conditions who had counted on getting two weeks’ leave have been unable to do so.
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COBRA Bites
Today on TAP: Congress leaves laid-off workers on the hook for health insurance costs
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Unsanitized: Biden and Warren Write an Op-Ed for One Person
Also, a PPP announcement. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 4, 2020.
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Unsanitized: Shalala Appears to Still Hold Several Individual Stocks
Also, the virus hits a plateau and stays there. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 2, 2020.