Ten progressive members of the U.S. House of Representatives have declared that national security powers should not be expanded, nor civil liberties curtailed, in response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Presidents have waived the Jones Act in the past to help speed assistance following natural disasters. New legislation, however, has placed the future of such waivers in serious doubt.
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which backstopped private payrolls during the COVID-19 pandemic, did not distinguish between right‐minded and misguided organizations as loan beneficiaries. That was the right call.
