Editing COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (U.S. state) (section)

====Votes on response bills====
Congress has so far debated and enacted three bills meant to help the nation respond to the pandemic: the [[Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020]] (signed March 6), the [[Families First Coronavirus Response Act]] (signed March 18), and the [[Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act]] (signed March 27).{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Both of Georgia's Senators at the time, [[David Perdue]] and [[Kelly Loeffler]], supported all three bills.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Representatives [[Jody Hice]] and [[Barry Loudermilk]] voted against the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Hice told reporters that the House was "not given the opportunity to even read the legislation before [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi forced a vote, and no cost estimate had been prepared," and also falsely claimed<ref name="fang-intercept">{{cite web |last1=Fang |first1=Lee |title=Anti-Gay Lawmaker Voted Against Coronavirus Bill Because It "Redefined Family" by Providing Sick Leave to Domestic Partners |url=https://theintercept.com/2020/03/17/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-andy-biggs/ |publisher=The Intercept |access-date=March 29, 2020 |date=March 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605003101/https://theintercept.com/2020/03/17/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-andy-biggs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> that the law would repeal the [[Hyde Amendment]], calling it "par for the course for the left, the activist left".

Representative [[John Lewis]] did not vote on the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Act or on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act;<ref name="hor-vote-lewis">{{cite web |title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 86 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2020/roll086.xml |publisher=House of Representatives |access-date=March 29, 2020 |archive-date=January 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105150813/https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2020/roll086.xml |url-status=live }}</ref> Representative [[David Scott]] did not vote on the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Act; and Representative [[Tom Graves]] did not vote on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}