Will Rising COVID-19 Cases Lead to a Second Stimulus Check?
Back when Democratic lawmakers introduced the HEROES Act, which calls for a second stimulus payment that's potentially even more generous than the payment distributed under the CARES Act, our country was in a very different place with regard to containing COVID-19. In May, when the HEROES Act was brought to life, the outbreak was still largely concentrated in the Northeast, and the numbers were looking encouraging enough to lift many of the lockdown measures that were imposed earlier in the year.
Things look a lot different today, though. As of July 12, there were over 3.2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S., and the problem is no longer limited to the New York-New Jersey region. Florida has 270,000 cases and counting. Texas is showing similar numbers. And while many states aren't making the news, most are showing an increase in cases at a time when the numbers should be going in the opposite direction.
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