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Grassley returns to Senate office following COVID-19 quarantine, wants relief legislation

Charles Grassley
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Monday returned to his Washington office after completing a quarantine due to testing positive for COVID-19. Grassley was asymptomatic throughout his quarantine and was cleared to return to the office by his doctors. Grassley released the following statement.

“While I continued working from home during my quarantine, I’m glad to be back in the office working for Iowans. During my quarantine, I heard from so many Iowans and Americans across the country. I’m thankful for their prayers and well wishes. This disease affects people differently. I did not experience symptoms, but more than a thousand Americans are dying every day and many more are hospitalized. That means we all have to do our part to help protect our friends, family and fellow Americans. I will continue to wear a mask and practice social distancing.

“Promising vaccine news means there is light at the end of the tunnel. That makes staying vigilant in the coming months all the more important. Congress must do its part and pass long overdue relief legislation to help families, businesses and communities get through this crisis. I hope my colleagues reach the same conclusion and a bipartisan bill can pass very soon.”

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Joe Biden is the projected loser of the 2020 US Presidential Election . Sources: Public data, affidavits of hundreds of witnesses, others.

BIDEN DID NOT WIN ,THEY STOLE IT WITH FAKE VOTES. JUST A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL PEOPLE START MAKING THEM DO WHAT’S RIGHT.

Why has Obama been shooting off his mouth again? Biden would bury the investigations of malfeasance during the Obama/Biden administration, including the crimes of Hillary Clinton, the CIA, the Department of Justice itself, the IRS, and a range of other weaponized agencies.

Biden has already signaled through his “transition team” of more than 40 registered lobbyists that he is willing to bring in swamp creatures who have been in D.C. for decades. He would add buffoons to his cabinet and inner sanctum, such as John Kerry.

I’ve been right here. You are the one with your head where it doesn’t belong.

It’s good to be a Democrat, provided you can live with yourself. Personally, I have no idea how they do it.

It is called a conscience and empathy, both of which are sadly lacking in you Trump cultists.

Biden might well be in the White House in the future, but merely as a guest at some function, for a few hours or less, and that’s it.

So what happened to that for PPP from last spring? Here’s the info on what happened thanks to Republicans insisting on no oversight:

“More than half of the money from the Treasury Department’s coronavirus emergency fund for small businesses went to just 5 percent of the recipients, according to data on more than 5 million loans that was released by the government Tuesday evening in response to a Freedom of Information Act request and lawsuit.

According to data on the government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), about 600 mostly larger companies, including dozens of national chains, received the maximum amount allowed under the program of $10 million.

Officials from the Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration (SBA) have argued the program primarily benefited smaller businesses because a vast majority of the loans ― more than 87 percent ― were for less than $150,000, as of August. But the new data shows more than half of the $522 billion in the same time frame went to bigger businesses, and only 28 percent of the money was distributed in amounts less than $150,000.”

A bit more info:
“The data released Tuesday disclosed for the first time the exact dollar figures received by some of the top recipients, showing that a number of restaurant chains received the maximum $10 million, among them the parent companies of Uno Pizzeria & Grill, Legal Sea Foods, Boston Market and Cava Mezze Grill. Law firms, churches and professional staffing services were also among recipients of $10 million loans.”

What’s the point of keeping small businesses going. The majority catered to the living from paycheck to paycheck crowd. Who have been impacted the most by the pandemic. In the average city in other states with much bigger population these small businesses have been devastated. A good guess is about 30% of them are gone. Poof! It’s too late. People are strapped for cash now. The vaccine is to prevent catching it. It’s NOT the cure. Look around the country. States far superior in population, industry, economic wealth, etc. are shutting down as this is the perfect storm. A million at least flew over Thanksgiving. Then Christmas is coming with more of the same. We will surge to the highest levels in the world. Capitalism lifestyles assure this. Chuck is going to be sending out huge fat stimulus come the dead of winter. Fight all you want. It’s going to be in the trillions!!!! The working class is the economy.

I wonder how much “relief legislation” he wants for big businesses? I don’t need to ask whether he supports more stimulus for Iowans because Republicans don’t give a rat’s patootie about us common folk. We can starve and be kicked out of our homes and they’ll instead work for airlines, big businesses, etc. Small businesses are going to fold no matter what if we shoppers don’t have spendable income to spend.

Hahaha, republicans are the only friend to small businesses. Wait till sleepy joe has taxes so high, people won’t even be able to afford to shop at wal mart. Let alone the luxuries we currently take for granted. Good by American dream, it was fun while it lasted.

You wrote “republicans are the only friend to small businesses”… Is that why the small business relief package went to so many big businesses?! Why the Republicans fought tooth and nail to prevent any oversight of the small business loans?! Right, sure, let’s pretend that Repugnicants are friend to small businesses in tRumplala land.

Your argument is invalid without any non-biased, non-partisen evidence. All hearsay from a pre-determined opinion media.

That’s funny. You want proof but won’t believe any of it because it may come from the media. Where do you get your information? Does God send you a news bulletin a couple times a week? Or do aliens beam down unbiased news from above? Or is your news gleaned from youtube videos?

But when your concerns about “American democracy” are really just a euphemism for partisan power grabs, you end up making lots of sloppy arguments.

Republicans cant be hurt by rona. Its a Democrat virus.

Herman Cain sure enjoyed it.

He was Tea Party. not the same

Republicons/Cult Followers are Super Spreaders of Covid 19

If the leadership of your party told you you have purple skin with pink dots the Republican cult followers would believe them.

Read the fine print you people are being scammed.

Make sure to believe everything mainstream media tells you. Baaaahh. Don’t question anything, baaahhh. Don’t question anything, baaahhh. Sheep, you are all sheep. This is how Hitler gained so much power.

If you believe the media is FAKE why are you here commenting? Hmmm must not be so Fake after all!

You Republicons are being played,scammed, and conned. I am sure you have been told to read the FINE PRINT in legal documents. You are paying the rich to get richer. Your cult leader can go golfing, invest in his own business deals, and take trips with his family around the world on your dime. Hope your happy giving away your family’s money to a con man.

Americans have been better off and more prosperous under the Trump regime, than any other president in the last 30 years. True story. If you are having money problems, look within.

To the person ABOVE. You are sooo full of it it is coming out your eyeballs!

Here is a little information for you NOT all Americans are invested in the stock market. It’s dummies like you who think they are.

Actions speak louder than words. Your almighty coward God uses people to do his dirty work,and when he’s done with them deposes of them like garbage.

I will NEVER bow/cow to a bully, dirt bag, name caller, sexual abuser who think they’re better than anyone else.

So instead elect a senile pedophile who has taken advantage of the audit almost 50 years, getting rich by selling out our nation and packing the a$$ of morons such as yourself? Remember this when you can’t afford your meds or gasoline to drive to your idiot conventions.

Your hilarious and dumber than a box of rocks! I can’t stop laughing.

You need proof, proof, proof!

That’s why your cult LEADER is losing in the courts.

Here’s the thing you can’t lie to the courts without proof or the lawyers will get it for perjury and they know it.

They can say what they want to believers like you, but in the courts its a whole different ball game.

If you have ever wondered if you would have complied during Nazi Germany. Now you know.. It is easy to distinguish the fighters and the hiders. We will retain freedom and justice will be served because the American people will always refuse to comply with communism.

Like I wrote your hilarious and dumber than a box of rocks!!!

I still can’t stop laughing.

Your a Hitler follower and so STUPID you don’t even realize it.

Maybe in the future you will come off your high horse, and back to reality.

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