Image: United States Congress meeting, c. 1915 David M Drucker, Washington Examiner, & John Fund, NRO, in re: CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security; which sets the maximum loan amount under the Paycheck Protection Program as 250 percent of average monthly payroll costs, up to a total of $10 million. The amount is intended to cover eight weeks of payroll expenses and any additional amounts for making payments towards debt obligations).