Calling the order 'impossible' on Sunday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo added on Monday that it's a 'nonstarter' because 'states can't afford it' and that 'it will be challenged in court.'
On a conference call alongside Cuomo on, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear estimated that the Trump administration only has enough money to fund five weeks of payments, and said that,"My motivation today is not to criticize, and it is not to suggest that the president's executive order wasn't intended to help, but simply to make the point that it's not workable in its current form."said the program would cost the state $700 million per week and up to $2.
, said,"I don't know yet," on whether the state could provide the 25% funding, adding that"Congress needs to get back in and negotiate." Numerous other states led by both Republican and Democratic governors were noncommittal, including Maryland, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Louisiana, according toStates face huge budget shortfalls due to the pandemic; House Democrats sought to appropriate nearly $1 trillion in aid for states through the HEROES Act it passed in May, while Senate Republicans' late July proposal, the HEALS Act, provides no new funding.Sen.
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