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Greenstein: Trump COVID-19 Executive Actions Woefully Inadequate, Legally Dangerous

August 8, 2020

President Trump’s new executive actions should deeply concern all Americans. They fall dramatically short of responding effectively to the enormous need across the country due to COVID-19 and the deep recession.

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COVID-19: Responding to the Health and Economic Crisis

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Trump Executive Order Doesn’t Extend Eviction Ban, Won’t Help the Millions Struggling to Pay Rent

August 11, 2020

Peggy Bailey

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Greenstein: Trump COVID-19 Executive Actions Woefully Inadequate, Legally Dangerous

COVID-19: Responding to the Health and Economic Crisis

Trump Executive Order Doesn’t Extend Eviction Ban, Won’t Help the Millions Struggling to Pay Rent

Struggling Families and Economy Need Robust, Bipartisan COVID Relief Agreement

Expanding Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit Would Benefit More Than 10 Million Rural Residents, Strongly Help Rural Areas

Many Unemployed Workers Will Exhaust Jobless Benefits This Year If More Weeks of Benefits Aren’t in Relief Package

Children Facing Very High Hardship Rates

Robust Unemployment Insurance, Other Relief Needed to Mitigate Racial and Ethnic Unemployment Disparities

5 Million Essential and Front-line Workers Get Health Coverage Through Medicaid

States Are Using Federal Fiscal Aid But Need Substantially More

Next Relief Package Should Include Funds for Subsidized Jobs

Senate Republican Plan’s Emergency Fund a Good Step, But Inadequate

Federal Aid Delay Will Mean Damaging State Cuts With Long-Term Impacts

Boosting SNAP: Benefit Increase Would Help Children in Short and Long Term

Emergency Special Enrollment Period Would Boost Health Coverage Access at a Critical Time

Roundup: Need for More State Fiscal Relief Continues

Extend CARES Act Eviction Moratorium, Combine With Rental Assistance to Promote Housing Stability

More Relief Needed to Alleviate Hardship

LIFT Voices Describe Hardships Among Black and Latina Mothers in Pandemic

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