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March 30, 2020

President Trump Signs $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Package
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President Trump signed the record-breaking $2 trillion coronavirus
stimulus package into law Friday after the House of Representatives
passed the massive bill earlier in the day. On the House floor, New York
Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted the bill's $500 billion
corporate bailout.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: "We have to go into this vote eyes wide
open. What did the Senate majority fight for? One of the largest
corporate bailouts with as few strings as possible in American history.
Shameful! The greed of that fight is wrong for crumbs for our families.
And the option that we have is to either let them suffer with nothing or
to allow this greed and billions of dollars, which will be leveraged
into trillions of dollars, to contribute to the largest income
inequality gap in our future."

Trump said he will not adhere to oversight provisions for the corporate
bailout and that his administration would not provide documentation to
audit the money.


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