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An Anonymous Coward writes:

Trump finally signed the covid relief billl:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/27/trump-stimulus-shutdown-congress/ [washingtonpost.com]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/27/us/politics/trump-signs-pandemic-relief.html [nytimes.com]

Not gonna summarize all the bits in it - it's some 5k pages of legalese gobly-gook, but I understand it continues augmented unemployment benefits, eviction suspension, the funding to prevent government shutdown, and another direct cash payment.

I'm sure it also got buncha porky pork, but the people are suffering, time is of essence, and it should have been done months ago.

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