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Plus, vaccines saved millions of lives ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [The Fisc](   By Michael Rainey A momentous Friday as the Supreme Court announced that it has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established the constitutional right to abortion. "We hold that Roe … must be overruled. The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision," the majority [wrote]( in a ruling that will likely reverberate for years to come. Here's what else is happening: (Rod Lamkey /CNP/Sipa USA/Reuters) Congress Passes Landmark Gun Control Bill, With Billions for Mental Health On the heels of a 65-33 vote in the Senate Thursday night, the House voted 234-193 Friday to approve the [Bipartisan Safer Communities Act]( which supporters hail as the most substantial gun control legislation in decades. The bill now awaits President Joe Biden’s signature. All Democratic lawmakers supported the bill. Fifteen Republicans in the Senate voted yes, but the majority were opposed, as were all but 15 Republicans in the House, where GOP leaders charged that the legislation is a threat to the Second Amendment. Former President Trump warned Republican lawmakers that a vote in favor of the bill would be a "career-ending move." Quickly written in the wake of recent mass shootings in New York and Texas, the gun control package provides about $15 billion in spending, with more than half of that going towards mental health programs. The bill is fully paid for, according to the Congressional Budget Office, and would reduce the deficit by $154 million over a decade. A congressional aide [told The Hill]( that "the legislation is paid for by delaying the implementation for one year of a Trump-era rule relating to eliminating the anti-kickback statute safe harbor protection for prescription drug rebates." Here’s what the bill will do: * Impose more extensive background checks lasting up to 10 days on gun buyers between the ages of 18 and 21. Those with juvenile court records or mental health problems will be denied and have their applications turned over to the FBI. The enhanced background check requirement will expire after 10 years. * Provide $750 million for states to establish or enhance "red flag" laws that allow officials to take guns from those determined to be a threat. Alternatively, states can opt to use the funds for crisis intervention efforts. * Close the "boyfriend loophole" by expanding the circle of people who are banned from buying guns due to previous domestic violence charges. * Impose tougher penalties on those who buy guns for anyone who is banned from owning firearms. * Provide billions of dollars to school and community mental health programs, as well as school safety efforts. In comments Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) summed up the feelings of many supporters of the bill. "It’s not everything we want, we must keep working toward universal background checks … but this will save lives," she said. "Maybe not so much a giant, but a small step forward." Quote of the Week "The disinflationary forces of the last quarter-century have been replaced, at least temporarily, by a whole different set of forces. The real question is: How long will this new set of forces be sustained? We can’t know that. But in the meantime, our job is to find maximum employment and price stability in this new economy." — Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell, testifying before a Senate committee Wednesday. Many are interpreting his comments as saying that the Fed intends to slow the economy to reduce demand to the level that can be satisfied even by today’s disrupted supply chains, while accepting the growing risk that such an effort could produce a recession. Writing about the Fed’s more hawkish stance, Jeanna Smialek of The New York Times [highlights]( the risk. "If the Fed determines that shocks are unlikely to ease — or will take so long that they leave inflation elevated for years — the result could be an even more aggressive series of rate increases as policymakers try to quash demand into balance with a more limited supply of goods and services. That painful process would ramp up the risk of a recession that would cost jobs and shutter businesses." Covid Vaccines Saved Nearly 20 Million Lives in First Year: Analysis More than 4.3 billion people received vaccinations for Covid-19 in the first 12 months of the treatment’s availability, and according to a [new study]( published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases, the vaccination effort saved about 19.8 million lives during that first year. A team of researchers led by Oliver Watson of Imperial College London used data from 185 countries to model the course of the disease without the existence of vaccines. The results of the analysis indicate that the vaccines saved more than 4 million lives in India, 1 million in Brazil and half a million in the U.K. For the United States, the estimate of lives saved came to 1.9 million. The researchers said their analysis was limited by several unknown factors, including the way that Covid-19 would have mutated in the absence of vaccines. It was also impossible to estimate how different populations would have reacted to the disease as it dragged on without an available vaccine. A more conservative analysis of the data, which relied only on the official Covid death count while ignoring excessive mortality, produced a global total of 14.4 million lives saved in the first year. The researchers also noted that the vaccination effort around the globe was highly uneven, with poorer countries sharing much less of the benefit. "Although we did pretty well this time — we saved millions and millions of lives — we could have done better and we should do better in the future," Adam Finn of Bristol Medical School in England, who was not involved in the study, [told the Associated Press](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Send your feedback to yrosenberg@thefiscaltimes.com. And please encourage your friends to [sign up here]( for their own copy of this newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------- News - [Congress Passes Bipartisan Gun Legislation, Clearing It for Biden]( – New York Times - [House Passes Biggest Breakthrough in Gun Violence Legislation in 30 Years, Despite Modest Nature]( – The Washington Post - [Supreme Court Strikes Down Roe v. Wade]( – Washington Post - [Harris Says Abortion Ruling Poses ‘Health Care Crisis’ for US]( – The Hill - [Republican Strongholds Immediately Ban Abortions After Roe Ruling]( – Bloomberg - [Thomas Calls for Overturning Precedents on Contraceptives, LGBTQ Rights]( – The Hill - [Pentagon ‘Evaluating’ Policies After Supreme Court Abortion Decision]( – The Hill - [Pence Calls for National Abortion Ban as Trump, GOP Celebrate End of Roe]( – Washington Post - [‘Constructive’ Talk but No Deal as Granholm Meets Oil Execs]( – Roll Call - [Biden Officials Still Trying to Get Better Baby Formula Supply Data as Shortages Continue]( – Politico - [Fed Policy Poses Biggest Near-Term Risk to US Economy, Krugman Says]( – New York Times Views and Analysis - [Fed Confronts a ‘New World’ of Inflation]( – Jeanna Smialek, New York Times - [Beware the Dangers of Sado-Monetarism]( – Paul Krugman, New York Times - [Roe’s Death Will Change American Democracy]( – Mary Ziegler, New Yor Times - [Senate Retirement Bill Would Cost $84 Billion Without Gimmicks]( – Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - [Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale]( – Paul Kiel, ProPublica - [American School Financing Is a Disaster]( – American Prospect (podcast) - [Inflation Is Impacting Specialty Physician Practices; Medicare Needs the Tools to Respond]( – Michael M. Lai, The Hill Copyright © 2020 The Fiscal Times, All rights reserved. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed at our website or through Facebook. The Fiscal Times, 399 Park Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States Want to change how you receive these emails? [Update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe](

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