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March 20, 2020

The State of Illinois has received its statewide Economic Injury Declarationwhich means small businesses in all 102 Illinois counties may be eligible for low-interest, economic injury disaster loans up to $2M per business.

Issues:COVID-19
March 20, 2020

There are hardship programs in place to help homeowners who have been directly or indirectly affected by the coronavirus and are struggling to make their mortgage payments.

March 20, 2020

There are hardship programs in place to help homeowners who have been directly or indirectly affected by the coronavirus and are struggling to make their mortgage payments.

Issues:COVID-19
March 18, 2020

ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION URGES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TO APPROVE FEDERAL LOAN ASSISTANCE FOR ILLINOIS IN RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS

March 18, 2020

Rep. Davis released the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service announced that Americans owing up to $1 million in federal income tax and businesses owing up to $10 million in federal income tax would have an additional 90 days (until July 15, 2020) to make their tax payments without penalty or interest:

March 18, 2020

As many students have already taken out loans to pay for their educational expenses, we encourage you to provide further clarification on the details of the student loan debt interest relief that was announced by President Trump and work with lenders, education institutions, and the students to ensure students are not left paying for educational benefits that they did not receive.

March 17, 2020

SBA ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOANS COVID-19 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• Question: Congress passed disaster loans for small businesses. What happens now? https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/

March 16, 2020

Following the passage of the Bipartisan Families First Coronavirus Response Act Representative Danny K. Davis issued the following statement:

March 16, 2020
Congressman Danny K. Davis has joined with Senators. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Cory A. Booker of New Jersey, Tom Carper of Delaware, Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, and Ron Wyden of Oregon and Representatives Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Yvette D.
March 13, 2020

March 13, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Ira Cohen, 773-533-7520 (Davis)

John Rauber, 202-225-6201 (LaHood)

Reps. Davis and LaHood introduce the Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act of 2020.

Bill aims to decrease student loan debt while increasing retirement security

Issues:Tax Reform