Cabbage News Network Week #170

Monday 4/27

• The U.S. opts out of the global effort to develop treatments and vaccines for Covid-19 (source).
  
• Round 2 of SBA loans ready to go (source).
  
• DJT accuses FoxNews of disloyalty (source).
  
• Poison control centers see rise in people poisoning themselves with disinfectant (source).
  
• West Point graduates to get exposed to virus so they can hear DJT speak (source).
  
• Airlines get bailout money (source).
  
• CDC expands list of Covid-19, significant because their list determines who can get tested (source).

Tuesday 4/28

• SBA is overwhelmed, again (source).
  
• DJT orders meat plants to stay open regardless of risk (source).
  
• Pentagon redirects funding from European bases to DJT's wall (source).
  
• Pence refuses to follow Mayo Clinic rules regarding wearing masks on visit (source).

Wednesday 4/29

• Fauci says we will get a 2nd wave of Covid-19 in the fall (source).
  
• Fauci says potential treatment for Covid-19 shows promise (source).
  
• Fauci says we're still a month away from having widespread testing available (source).
  
• Not sure how seriously to take this, but report that Kushner is running the day to day operations at the White House and he delayed the administrations's coronavirus response (source).

Thursday 4/30

• Intelligence agencies debunk virus made in lab theory that DJT is passing around (source).

Friday 5/1

• Dept. of Justice in support of anti-lockdown protests (source).

Map of the week

• Not a map, but NYT infographics on Covid-19 death toll, suggesting it is much higher than being reported.

Legislative update - Congress still in recess, Senate comes back next week.

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • 2 Covid-19 relief bills https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr266, https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr6322
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 2 total pending bills sitting on DJT's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • 415 total pending bills sitting on McConnell's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • 123 total pending bills sitting on Pelosi's desk