Wp Get the full experience. AdvertisementWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the stimulus set aside $350 billion in aid for local governments to help cops, firefighters and other essential employees at work and employed, adding at her daily briefing it wasnt intended to cut taxes.President Biden on March 15 said the United States will hit two goals in the next 10 days: 100 million covid shots and 100 million distributed stimulus checks. State and local governments have shed 1.3 million jobs since the pandemic began last year  a loss of more than 1 in 20 government positions, according to a Washington Post analysis of employment data. This week, the president tapped Gene Sperling, a former top White House aide, to oversee the governments efforts to bring the stimulus online. The devil is in the details.Updated at 1:28 p.m.
State and local governments have shed 53735477 jobs.
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