What if you tried to give the virus a little injection of pension reform?
to increase maximum allowable SNAP benefits by 15 percent in a double-digit unemployment environment.
“Here is just one example of an urgent need. While our nation is asking everyone from front-line healthcare professionals to essential small-business owners to major employers to adapt in new ways and keep serving, a massive tangle of federal and state laws could easily mean their heroic efforts are met with years of endless lawsuits,” McConnell said. “We cannot let that happen.
He was right, one way or another, that House Democrats don’t share his desire for COVID-19-themed tort reform.
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