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On the Radar

Senate GOP's New Coronavirus Relief Bill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Tuesday that Republicans are bringing a “targeted” coronavirus relief bill to the floor for a vote this week. The news comes amid a months-long impasse over additional coronavirus relief.

McConnell said in a statement that the bill will be “focused on some of the very most urgent healthcare, education, and economic issues,” and that while it doesn’t include every idea either party likes, those differences “should not stand in the way of agreeing where we can agree and making law that helps our nation.” He also urged Democrats to work with Republicans on a relief bill that stands a chance of becoming law.

Do you support the new GOP coronavirus relief bill?

Under the Radar

Do You Support Unions? Right to Work Laws?

There were 14.6 million unionized employees in the US in 2019, many of whom were members of the police, nurses’, postal workers’, meatpackers’, and teachers’ unions. These unions have played a large role in 2020’s debates over coronavirus and workplace safety, including threats of teachers’ strikes in New York City and police walkouts in Atlanta.

While unions are a significant presence on COVID-19 and racial justice issues, union membership has steadily decreased over the past several decades.

Based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 10.3% of US employees were in unions last year—just over half of the 20.1% in 1983. That year, there were 17.7 million employed, waged, and salaried workers who belonged to unions. In 2019, 14.6 million working Americans held union membership.

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Do you support or oppose labor unions?

And, in the End...

On this date in 1776, the second Continental Congress officially named the nation the "United States," replacing the previous term, the "United Colonies."

Too much Hamilton this summer? It's also "International Buy a Priest a Beer Day,"

—Josh Herman

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