Unemployment

The major spending package includes additional relief for small businesses—including a provision that indefinitely extends excise-tax cuts for breweries.

Negotiators have reached a deal on an unprecedented $2 trillion economic stimulus package. It includes many provisions that affect independent breweries and other small businesses struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In an unprecedented crisis, the U.S. government will try to mitigate the damage to the economy and small businesses. But what form will those measures take, and how soon? Here are specific recommendations for brewers calling their lawmakers today.