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Lawmakers Deal With Latest COVID Surge: Legislative Watch

Governing: In the last two weeks, COVID-19 deaths have gone up 38 percent, and hospitalizations 48 percent. The average number of cases is twice that at the earlier height of the pandemic. New mandates for curfews and masks are being announced. Stay-at-home orders and lockdowns are again on the table. Twelve states have already tightened COVID-19 restrictions.

A vaccine could be available to most Americans by spring. It’s unknown what might appear on the road between now and then. Election controversy has proved to be a distraction at the federal level. The new administration has formed its own task force, but to date there’s been little interest in facilitating a transition or any sort of cooperative effort with President-elect Joe Biden's transition team between now and January.

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