But it has almost nothing to do with i covid. I am asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculouslyly low 600 to 2,0, or 4,000 for a couple. I am also asking congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this legislation. Sent me a suitable bill, or else the next administration will have to deliver a covid relief package, and maybe that administration will be me. And we will get it done. Thankk you very much. Tammy well, bravo. And are joining us with the latest is our own chad pergram. Chad . . Good evening, tammy. Well, the president doesnt outright threaten a veto at this point, but you cant really amend the bill at this stage. Its unclear even with the president is proposing as to whether that would pass. There were a lot of republicans who did not want, you know, big direct stimulus checks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tweeted a few moments ago, shes like a great, lets bring it to the floor and get republicans on board, do it this week by
Total of 2400 for a family of four. There is an extra hundred dollars a week in Unemployment Benefits it. Revives the Paycheck Protection Program with a cash infusion and it extends the Eviction Moratorium and also provides funding for vaccine distribution. Now, it does not provide liability shield for businesses. It does not provide money for state and local governments and it does not provide direct aid to the Restaurant Industry which has been so hardhit already. Many lawmakers are complaining the bill doesnt go far enough. But, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says it hits the mark but he blames Speaker Pelosi for holding it up for so long. Well, so its noteworthy that at the end they finally gave us what we could have agreed to back in july. I think what held it up was they did not want to do anything before the president ial election. I think they felt that that would disadvantage the president. Griff its a far cry from where Speaker Pelosi began negotiating this summer a n
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The Mercer University student convicted of violating local COVID-19 quarantine laws in the Cayman Islands was released from custody Friday, but her status as a Mercer student is not yet publicly known.
Skylar Mack, a sophomore on the pre-med track, traveled to the Cayman Islands over winter break to visit her boyfriend. She was required to quarantine for two weeks upon arriving on Nov. 27, as all visitors to the Cayman Islands are required to do.
Two days after arrival, Mack broke quarantine in order to watch her boyfriend compete in a jet ski competition, according to the Cayman Island Grand Court and multiple media reports.
The Georgia student who was jailed for just over a month in the Cayman Islands for knowingly violating coronavirus restrictions said "I deserved it," according to media reports.