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AG Urges Congress to Extend CARES Act Funding

Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 1, 2020

Attorney General Herbert Slatery today said he has joined attorneys general from 43 states, the District of Columbia and five US territories, urging Congress to extend the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economy (CARES) Act funding until the end of 2021. The coalition is asking Congress to pass at least one of the several extension measures that are pending in both the House and Senate. The CARES Act was passed in March to provide more than $2 trillion in economic stimulus to state and local governments in an effort to combat the negative impacts of the pandemic. One restriction placed on the funding limited the money’s use to expenses incurred between March 1 and Dec. 30, a timeframe Slatery says made sense earlier this year, but now “seems unreasonable.” Read the full release from the AG’s office.  

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