From reading the Dallas Morning News story, it sounds like Senator Cruz could have made it to the vote, whether he did or not, I don't know.
As for the bill, I will say, one point of logic is to tell people to stay home from their jobs and expect them to not get paid either, this is a tough dilemma, we are in a way, on a war footing.
Hard to tell people to say home as to not spread the virus and then, not even care about the wages they miss.
It sounds like letting the airlines go bankrupt too, would be a difficult matter. Hopefully, this can be temporary and again, per some experts, not doing anything per these expenditures may be more damaging in the long run.
Ben Shapiro
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The goal here should be to move from the Chinese model (lockdown) to the South Korean model (testing, monitoring, self-quarantining for specific symptoms -- and everybody else going to work) as fast as possible. We're buying time to make that shift. Let's not waste the time.
