Top House Republican Backs More Hospital Funding
“A standoff over replenishing a popular loan program for small businesses showed signs of easing Friday, as a top Republican backed pairing it with hospital funding, one of the measures sought by Democrats in their negotiations with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin over the next round of coronavirus aid,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Reflecting a shift in the negotiations, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said that he would support combining hospital funding with an additional $250 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, a small-business loan program aimed at keeping workers employed that exhausted its initial $350 billion allocation on Thursday.”
https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/17/top-house-republican-backs-more-hospital-funding/