Outbreak but is this fighting putting more strain on americans already worried about their health and their income will discuss alright its time to use i q. The house of representatives have passed the 2 trillion dollar economic stimulus package to combat the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and a historic vote today but it was not all smooth sailing after one congressman objected to the way the vote was planned argues Rachel Blevins is joining us now live from the newsroom with more details to this rachel well manila President Trump is now set to sign the largest economic stimulus package in u. S. History after it was passed by the house on friday however lawmakers who hope for a quick vote with no debate were met with opposition from one congressman who argue that. House members were failing to do their most basic job show up and vote watch out for concerns related to the spread of the coronavirus left the house opting for a voice vote republican congressman thomas mathy warned he
Operations, including payroll and rent to coop the doors open. Expanded unemployment benefits. And training dollars for dislocationed works are included as well. We know that theres additional assistance for food banks and s. N. A. P. Benefits for the most vulnerable citizens and also additional funding for child nutrition programs to make sure that our children still receive meals while theyre not attending school. Rest assured that all of our state agencies are combing through the bill to make sure that we identify every bit of funding and assistance, flexibility, that we can take advantage of, but let me just say were very grateful to our congressional delegation for the work they did in helping to get this important bill passed. As i just mentioned were in the process of studying what the bill contains for louisiana but we know that louisiana is estimated to get 1. 8 billion in direct federal aid from the federal government. We have also been led to believe that the funding could b
Leaders already contracting the virus themselves over in the u. K. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed he has tested positive for coke at 19 after experiencing mild symptoms as a result so will self isolate after contract in the virus and in a surprising announcement just earlier this week from the royal family Prince Charles also testing positive for the virus back here in the us which now ranks number one in the world for the highest number of coping 1000 cases a Navy Hospital ships are being deployed to help local hospitals in the most hard hit states over to Norfolk Virginia where President Trump is expected to see off the u. S. Navy hospital ship comfort headed to new york city which now is considered the epicenter of the coded 19 outbreak in the u. S. And then over on the west coast where the u. S. Navy hospital ship mercy is now docked at the port of los angeles to serve as an overflow facility for patients who dont have the virus we have coverage from both coasts
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