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On Saturday (!) 8 August (that wouldn’t be anything numeric 88?) President Donald signed several Executive Orders that continue the BlackRock “going direct” plan; in short:

1) "Urge" Governors to ask FEMA for money for reimbursement of part of the $400 weekly stimulus checks that the states are obligated to pay.
2) Defer payroll tax for anyone earning under $100,000 per year (with insinuations that if Donald is re-elected the deferred taxes will be completely repealed).
3) Some vague promises on preventing housing evictions.
4) Suspend student loan payments for loans held by DoE.

One of the measures Trump signed on Saturday aims to provide $400 in weekly unemployment aid for millions of Americans. Trump said 25 percent of this money would be paid by states, many of which are already dealing with major budget shortfalls. The federal contribution would be redirected from disaster relief money at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Those funds are not likely to last more than two months, and Trump would not say when the benefits would kick in.
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Trump also signed an executive order stating that it was U.S. policy to minimize evictions and foreclosures. The order does not reinstate the federal eviction moratorium that expired last month or fund the billions in assistance Democrats have said is necessary to help people already behind on their rent.
Instead, the order calls on the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to “consider” whether it was necessary to temporarily halt evictions. The Treasury Department and the Department of Housing and Urban Development “shall identify” federal funds to provide temporary assistance to renters and homeowners “who, as a result of the financial hardships caused by COVID-19, are struggling to meet their monthly rental or mortgage obligations,” the order says.

“The President cannot create new money with an executive order. These EOs simply show the limitations of the President’s legal authority,” said Jack Smalligan, a former official at the Office of Management and Budget and now a senior policy fellow at the Urban Institute, a centrist think tank.

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