Hi, I'm Dan Premack and welcome to Axios Recap.

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Be safe, venture wisely.

Today is Friday, September 4th.

The unemployment rate is down.

Coronavirus death projections are up and we're focused on feeding America's hungry children.

The big news out of Washington, D.C. today is that there is no news, again, on a new federal stimulus plan. Vice President Pence claims that the White House and Congress do have a deal

to at least dodge a government shutdown at months' end, but it won't include anything pandemic related, like

direct checks to taxpayers, expanded unemployment benefits, small business loans, or school aid.

And here's one more thing that might be included in the stimulus, were there to be a stimulus.

The Feed Act, a bipartisan bill that would help restaurants feed America's Hungary during the

pandemic, including school kids who still haven't been allowed to return to school.

The Feed Act was first introduced in May, and its most vocal advocate wasn't a politician,

but a celebrity chef, Jose Andres, whose legal battles with President Trump are far less

important than the work he's done with a non-profit called World Central Kitchen, which

partners with restaurants to get meals to those in need.

Historically, a lot of World Central Kitchen's work has been tied to natural disasters,

but in 2020, it's helped effectively purchase more than 7 million

restaurant meals for America's hungry, not only filling bellies, but also helping restaurant

workers remain employed. Andres and World Central Kitchen argued that the Feed Act would be

like their program on steroids, as it would require the federal government to pay for state

and local governments to work with restaurants and nonprofits to prep meals.

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