COVID still rages, CARES Act provisions have expired, and Congress is on another vacation. In this episode, by piecing together information discovered in six CARES Act oversight hearings, find out what problems weren’t solved by the CARES Act, what happened to the CARES Act money, and get an idea of what is possible in the next COVID relief bill... If there is one. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Click here to contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Click here to support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank’s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536 Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Recommended Episodes CD213: CARES Act - The Trillions for COVID-19 Law, Listen on Spotify CD201: WTF is the Federal Reserve?, Listen on Spotify Bills H.R. 266: Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act Signed April 24, 2020. Doubled the Paycheck Protection Program H.R. 7010: Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 Books Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream By Aaron Glantz, October 15, 2019 Articles/Documents Article: Unsanitized: The Fed Can Still Save State and Local Governments By David Dayen, The American Prospect, August 13, 2020 Article: Commercial Properties’ Ability to Repay Mortgages Was Overstated, Study Finds By Cezary Podkul, The Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2020 Article: Unsanitized: Trump Orders Up a Poor Substitute for COVID Relief By David Dayen, The American Prospect, August 10, 2020 Article: California vows to fix coronavirus reporting system amid huge backlog of unreported tests By Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, August 7, 2020 Article: Tax Reform Act of 1986 By Julia Kagan, Investopedia, July 31, 2020 Article: COVID-19 Hospital Data System That Bypasses CDC Plagued By Delays, Inaccuracies By Pien Huang and Selena Simmons-Duffin, npr, July 31, 2020 Article: PPP was intended to keep employees on the payroll. Workers at some big companies have yet to be rehired. By Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post, July 27, 2020 Article: Nancy Pelosi’s election challenger says she’s not progressive enough. She’s ignoring him By Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, July 14, 2020 Article: The PPP worked how it was supposed to. That’s the problem. By Emily Stewart, recode, July 13, 2020 Article: States need money. The Fed has it. Politics may be an obstacle By Jim Saksa, Roll Call, June 26, 2020 Article: “The Fed Is the Huge Babysitter in the Room”: How the Federal Reserve Enabled a Coronavirus Junk Bond Boom By Jessica Camille Aguirre, Vanity Fair, June 26, 2020 Article: USA: Ex-employee sues Amazon for alleged wrongful termination related to protesting lack of coronavirus safety measures By Monica Nickelsburg, Geek Wire, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, May 20, 2020 Article: Amazon reportedly says California's expanded coronavirus sick leave policy doesn't cover its warehouse workers By Isaac Scher, Business Insider, May 20, 2020 Article: Fed Makes Initial Purchases in Its First Corporate Debt Buying Program By Jeanna Smialek, The New York Times, May 12, 2020 Article: Walmart workers will call out of work, use tracker to protect themselves from COVID-19 By Charisse Jones, USA Today, April 29, 2020 Article: Sen. Loeffler, CEO husband reportedly made options trades often used as hedges against volatility By Thomas Franck, CNBC, April 3, 2020 Article: NANCY PELOSI TO RECEIVE FIRST GENUINE LEFT-WING CHALLENGE IN 30 YEARS By Lee Fang, The Intercept, March 4, 2020 Article: Voices CECL