Trump pushes again towards congressional oversight for $500 billion bailout fund



Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and President Donald Trump attend briefing concerning the coronavirus outbreak within the press briefing room on the White Home on March 17, 2020 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration is contemplating an $850 billion stimulus bundle to counter the financial fallout because the coronavirus spreads.

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President Donald Trump on Friday wrote in a signing assertion accompanying the $2 trillion stimulus invoice that he believes the inspector normal overseeing a $500 billion reduction fund for companies is not going to have as a lot regulatory energy as Democrats had sought.

The invoice features a $500 billion fund that corporations, such because the struggling airways, can faucet to help their enterprise. The fund is overseen by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. In unique drafts of the Republican Senate invoice, Mnuchin had vast discretion in overseeing that cash. After criticisms from Democrats, Republicans agreed so as to add on a congressional oversight committee...



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