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Welcome to POLITICO’s 2021 Transition Playbook,
your guide to the first 100 days of the Biden administration
Former Obama campaign manager and close aide
More than 4,000 borrowers received duplicate PPP loans in 2020, according to IG report Follow Us
Question of the Day President Biden toured Smith Flooring Inc. in Chester, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday and met with owners Kristen and James Smith. Smith Flooring was one of the businesses that received a Paycheck Protection Program loan last year. Mr. Biden said the PPP . more > By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times - Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Lenders made duplicate Paycheck Protection Program loans last year to more than 4,000 borrowers totaling about $692 million, the Small Business Administration‘s inspector general has found.
The SBA said it is working to claw back any improper payments. Meanwhile, Congress is rushing to sign off on a two-month extension of the popular loan program as soon as this week.
Associated Press
CHESTER, Pa.– President Joe Biden turned up at a minority-owned flooring business in suburban Philadelphia on Tuesday to highlight how his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package can help small businesses and to put a face on those who have struggled throughout the pandemic.
The visit to Smith Flooring, Inc. was Biden’s first stop in a cross-country administration roadshow also involving his vice president and his wife designed to publicize, and take credit for, the virus relief package.
It “took some loud, strong voices to get this done,” Biden said, making a subtle dig at Republicans during his visit to the small union shop that will benefit from the relief. “And it’s not like it passed with 100 votes. It was close.”
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