“When President Trump signed the $2 trillion economic stabilization package to respond to the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, he undercut a crucial safeguard that Democrats insisted upon as a condition of agreeing to include a $500 billion corporate bailout fund,” the New York Times reports.
“In a signing statement released hours after Mr. Trump signed the bill in a televised ceremony in the Oval Office, the president suggested he had the power to decide what information a newly created inspector general intended to monitor the fund could share with Congress.”
Politico: Trump chips away at Congress’ role in coronavirus relief oversight.
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