A sign thanks essential workers on boarded-up building amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Wilmington, Vermont, U.S., April 19, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Reuters examined House Oversight Committee projections on how much direct fiscal aid each state would receive in the bill, set for a vote in the House of Representatives this week before moving to the Senate.The CARES Act distributed $140 billion to state and local governments based on population, delivering a minimum of $1.25 billion to each state. That gave the largest per-capita benefits to the states with the smallest populations, including Wyoming and Vermont.
Republicans say the bill short-changes states that have imposed fewer coronavirus-related restrictions. It would send roughly $1,200 per person to Democratic-led Massachusetts and New York, among the most restrictive.“Since when is unemployment not a legitimate indicator of economic distress?” Representative David Price, a Democrat from North Carolina, said at the same hearing.State and local aid has proven to be one of the most divisive aspects of the multi-trillion-dollar effort Washington has mounted in the past year to fight the virus and keep the world’s largest economy afloat.
The National Association of State Budget Officers calculated state revenues would drop 10.8% in the current fiscal year compared with pre-pandemic estimates, affecting Republican-led and Democratic-led states alike.
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