Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn July, Senators Amy Klobuchar (a Democrat) and John Cornyn (a Republican) authored the Save Our Stages act, which requests $10 billion in pandemic relief for independent venues.
A hearing on that act, a similar version of which passed the House as part of the “Heroes” act in November, was held in the Senate on Tuesday.
The act, part of the larger Heroes Small Business Lifeline Act, is likely to be voted upon this week — and Klobuchar tells Variety below that she is optimistic about its chances.While much of the country has been ravaged by the lockdown, live-entertainment was one of the first to be shut down and will be among the last to return.
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