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House Democrats blocked a motion on Friday to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving stimulus payments included in the Democrat phase four coronavirus bill. 

Republican congressmen complained on Wednesday that the first deed by the recently established Democrat-led House Select Coronavirus Subcommittee was to “beat up” on blue-collar workers rather than China’s contribution to the spread of the lethal virus across the world.

The White House confirmed plans to distribute $11 billion to states to help fund testing. “We’ve done a tremendous number, and that number is accelerating even quicker,” the official said.

Democrats have delayed legislation, made layoffs more attractive than hiring, and shamed public companies out of applying for PPP.

The National Association of Scholars, a non-profit advocacy group for American professors, has called on universities and colleges to cut back on administrative bloat before they accept federal coronavirus relief. American universities and colleges added approximately 500,000 highly paid administrative jobs between 1987 and 2012.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison, which boasts an endowment of $3 billion, announced this week that it will accept $10 million in federal coronavirus relief. Wealthy universities like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton have rejected millions of dollars in taxpayer funds in April after facing pressure from President Donald Trump and the public.

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is cracking the whip on Democrat House members, encouraging committee chairs to finish outlining their demands for the next coronavirus relief measure — a measure the speaker has already signaled will feature Democrat Party agenda items like universal vote-by-mail.

Columbia University has yet to announce whether it will accept $12.8 million in federal coronavirus relief that it is eligible for under the CARES Act despite its $11 billion endowment. Several other Ivy League institutions, including Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, have already announced that they will reject federal funding following pressure from President Donald Trump and the general public.

Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) legislation to restrict universities with endowments larger than $10 billion from coronavirus aid has garnered strong support in both chambers of Congress.

Northwestern University announced this week that it will reject $8.5 million in federal coronavirus aid that it is eligible for under the CARES Act. In April, President Donald Trump joined the public in criticizing wealthy institutions like Harvard University, which boasts an endowment of $40 billion, for accepting federal coronavirus aid.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this month established a so-called select committee with the stated purpose of conducting oversight over the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. In an interview with “The Jeff Poor Show” on Huntsville, AL radio’s WVNN on Wednesday, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), the ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, said the committee was not necessary given the already-existing oversight elements of the CARES Act. 

President Trump is facing a lawsuit over a portion of the $2 trillion CARES Act, which extends cash relief to U.S. citizens but prevents those without a valid Social Security number, including illegal immigrants — as well as individuals filing with a non-citizen spouse — from receiving the cash benefit.

Cornell University announced this week that it will accept $12.8 million in federal coronavirus relief despite mounting public pressure to reject the funds. Several Ivy League institutions, including Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, announced last week that they would reject the federal funds after pressure from both President Donald Trump and the American public.

President Donald Trump blamed Democrats on Monday for delayed state unemployment benefits, noting he preferred to send Americans the money directly.

CNN’s Jake Tapper declined to ask Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Sunday’s State of the Union about her role in delaying the extension of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for half a month. Instead, he asked her whether she had made too many concessions to Republicans.

A spa owner told her staff she qualified for more than $200,000 in stimulus loans, but staff knew they would be making less than what they would under unemployment.

The public health crisis is crushing America’s small business community. Economic disruption sparked by government restrictions and consumer precautions have left entrepreneurs grasping for a financial lifeline. Fortunately, the Trump administration and Congress have extended one.

USC, which boasts an endowment of $5.5 billion, announced this week that it will accept $20 million in federal Chinese virus relief. Ivy League institutions including Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania announced this week that they will reject federal aid following pressure from President Donald Trump and the general public.

The University of Pennsylvania announced on Thursday that they will reject nearly $10 million in federal coronavirus relief funds after a wave of public pressure on wealthy institutions to reject public assistance. The University of Pennsylvania currently boasts an endowment of $14.7 billion. UPenn joins Princeton, Yale, and Harvard in rejecting the federal funds, although Harvard first tried to keep the federal money.

Princeton University announced on Wednesday that it will reject a $2.4 million federal bailout that it was set to receive under the CARES Act. Ivy League institutions, many of which boast multi-billion-dollar endowments, have been criticized by both President Donald Trump and the public for accepting millions in federal bailout funds.

Yale University announced on Wednesday that it will reject $6.9 million in federal bailout funds that the institution was entitled to receive under the CARES Act. Yale releases a statement saying: “We hope that the Department of Education will use Yale’s portion of the funding to support colleges and universities in Connecticut whose continued existence is threatened by the current crisis.

The Trump administration’s Department of Education released guidance Tuesday that asserts only United States citizens and some legal permanent residents are eligible to receive aid from coronavirus relief taxpayer funding.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Rep Jim Jordan (R-OH) said on Wednesday that they plan to introduce legislation that would bar universities with “massive” endowments from federal aid unless their plan to use the endowments to help students and cover the costs of the coronavirus. 

DeVos said she is urging Congress to change the CARES Act to ensure that elite, wealthy schools are not eligible for the taxpayer funding.

Joe Biden senior campaign adviser Symone Sanders is blaming President Donald Trump after the Paycheck Protection Program created by the CARES Act and ran out of money.

The institutions that comprise the Ivy League will receive millions of dollars in federal bailouts despite the billions of dollars in their endowments. Harvard University, for example, currently boasts an endowment of $40.9 billion.

Democrats prioritize defeating Donald Trump in the 2020 election over addressing the coronavirus outbreak, said Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA).

The Shake Shack restaurant chain will return its government loan meant to help small businesses through the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, the company said Monday.

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy told Breitbart News on Saturday a brutal combination of Chinese Communist Party lies and Democrat political gamesmanship led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have combined to inflict serious health and economic pain on the American people.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced the NO PORK Act on Friday, which would strip the $350 million in refugee funding in the CARES Act and redistribute it to the U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

The IRS said on Wednesday that delivery of stimulus checks is not being delayed by President Donald Trump’s name being put on them.

Karen G. Mills, who led the Small Business Administration (SBA) under former President Barack Obama, called on Congress to act immediately to replenish the funds of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which ran out of funds roughly one week after Democrats blocked the GOP’s attempt to add $251 billion to the program.

A vast majority of small businesses across America are suffering a “devastating impact” of the shutdown of much of the U.S. economy in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, a poll revealed.

House GOP are demanding answers from the Kennedy Center, which laid off employees after receiving $25 million in coronavirus relief funding.

The next phase of economic relief will top $1 trillion, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) predicted Monday.

Monday, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) shared his reaction to Democrats pushing for a fourth coronavirus stimulus package amid the ongoing pandemic.