From May 3 until May 24 the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund will only fund requests from businesses owned by women; veterans; or socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. A federal lawsuit argues that's unconstitutional.
The House is expected to vote on a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill that includes billions in relief money for states, local governments, schools, vaccines and small businesses. The bill includes a $1,400 for low and middle-income families, as well as up to an additional $300 per child.
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Biden marks Cinco de Mayo with visit to Northeast DC taqueria
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US President Joe Biden visits Taqueria Las Gemelas, a restaurant located in Northeast Washington, DC, on May 5, 2021. - Las Gemelas was a beneficiary of relief funding from the administration’s program to provide relief to restaurants, which were the
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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden celebrated Cinco de Mayo and highlighted his program to help out restaurants hard hit by the pandemic by visiting a NortheastD.C. taqueria on Wednesday.
The aid is part of the administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, our nation’s restaurants were some of the first and the worst hit, Biden said in remarks Wednesday, the anniversary of Mexico s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862.