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The Senate Republican proposal for a third bill to address the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis is woefully inadequate to meet the extraordinary challenges now facing the nation.
Its centerpiece — direct cash payments to households — would miss the lowest-income households entirely and give millions of low- and moderate income households much less than those who are better off.
The proposal also ignores the dire need to expand health coverage, help those who have lost their jobs and are struggling to make ends meet, avert a rise in evictions and homelessness, and close the large state budget shortfalls that will soon emerge.
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