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Business liability shaping up as key issue for next COVID relief bill

05/06/20 7:45 AM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS Alexis Guild American Bakers Association center for science in the public interest Congressional Research Service covid-19 Farmworker Justice Jason Resnick Jonathan Pomerance liability Lisa Mankofsky Mitch McConnell Nancy Pelosi North American Meat Institute Ro Khanna state tort law United Fresh Produce Association western growers
Republicans including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy are insisting on a “shield” to protect businesses from civil lawsuits in the next COVID-19 relief bill, but Democrats are pushing back hard.
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