U.S. House passes $454 billion coronavirus relief legislation for small businesses, hospitals and more testing as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressional Democrats begin the pursuit of additional relief....Black America remains at risk as disproportionately impacted by the virus with a death rate two to five times higher than White America.....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief

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WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to pass legislation for a second round of stimulus monies for small businesses to secure loans, a $454 billion relief bill that passed the U.S. Senate on Tuesday by a voice vote and now heads to the desk of President Donald Trump for his promised signature. 

There are currently some 2.7 million confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide and more than 190,000 deaths, the U.S. accounting for some 880, 204 cases and 49, 845 deaths. 

Some 25.6 million Americans are out of work in response to the global crisis that has crippled the nation. 

The historic legislation, which includes $310 billion of the $454 billion for additional funding to replenish the Paycheck Protection Program for small business to get loans, also allocates $75 billion of that money for hospitals, $25 billion of it for more coronavirus testing, and $60 billion for small business disaster loans and grants.

After weeks of partisan wrangling, it passed in the House, 388-5-1, with four Republicans voting against the measure as well as Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat and the youngest woman in Congress at 30-years-old. 

Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.), an Independent, voted present.

It is  is the fourth bipartisan coronavirus bill to move through Congress over the last two months, bringing financial relief in response to the pandemic to $2.8 trillion, a historical figure relative to emergency relief issued at the hands of Congress.

Food assistance programs pushed by Congressional Democrats, did not make it into the bill, among other demands, and Black America remains at risk as disproportionately impacted by the virus with a death rate two to five times higher than White America.

Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressional Democrats have already begun the pursuit of additional relief that will expand funding for unemployment benefits, food stamps, medical-safety equipment and testing.

Amid criticism, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his fellow Republicans who control the Senate but not the House argue that the federal deficit is at its peak and more coronavirus stimulus monies will only heighten the national deficit. 

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.