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NLIHC joined a sign-on letter on April 21 urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Social Security Administration Commissioner Andrew Saul, and Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to eliminate a sudden deadline for Social Security beneficiaries to file taxes or use a new web tool from the…
The Pew Research Center released a summary of a national survey conducted April 7-12, which found that 52% of lower-income Americans report that they or someone in their household has lost a job or taken a pay cut due to COVID-19. Overall, 43% of adults in the U.S. report lost household income, up…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) proposed on April 7 an interim spending bill that would provide an additional $250 billion for the new Paycheck Protection Program established in the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.” In response, Senate Minority Leader Chuck…
Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) led a group of 28 senators in a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on April 7 urging the secretary to ensure people experiencing homelessness receive coronavirus relief payments. The senators noted that individuals experiencing homelessness…