While the House of Representatives passed a watered-down version of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in the wee hours of Friday night/Saturday morning, the bill contained many compromises to corporate interests that were pushed by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on behalf of the Trump administration to ensure that Republicans would support the legislation.
With The New York Times estimating that the paid sick leave protections in the bill would only cover around 20% of Americans, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) demanded that Congress do better to protect ordinary citizens rather than kowtow to the wishes of the wealthy and the […]
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