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COVID relief bill could permanently alter social safety net

by Ashraf KhalilAlan Fram
| March 11, 2021 10:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package is being hailed by Democrats and progressive policy advocates as a generational expansion of the social safety net, providing food and housing assistance, greater access to health care and direct aid to families in what amounts to a broad-based attack on the cycle of poverty.

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