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The '''Western States Pact''' is an interstate agreement between five [[Western United States]] states to coordinate the rollback of [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States#Economic impact|economic restrictions]] implemented by the state governments in response to the [[2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]].
== Agreement ==
In announcing the Western States Pact on April 13, 2020, governors [[Kate Brown]], [[Gavin Newsom]], and [[Jay Inslee]] jointly announced that "[[COVID-19]] doesn’t follow state or national boundaries. It will take every level of government, working together, and a full picture of what’s happening on the ground."<ref name="To work together"></ref>
The agreement was made with four goals:
* Protecting populations that are vulnerable (such as those in [[senior home]]s)
* Maintaining an acceptable supply of [[personal protective equipment]] in hospitals
* Mitigating [[poverty]] and unavailability of [[healthcare]] caused by the pandemic
* Connecting the rollback of economic restrictions with a method to track the transmission of the virus<ref name="States move forward"></ref>
On April 27, Colorado governor [[Jared Polis]] and Nevada governor [[Steve Sisolak]] announced their states would join the Western State Pact with the latter noting the importance of [[information sharing]].<ref name="Cooperating on reopening"></ref>
== Parties ==
[[File:U.S. states forming pacts to repon the economy (coronavirus pandemic).svg|thumb|300px|The member states of the Western States Pact are shaded in blue]]
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| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Sources: <ref name="Governors form pacts"></ref><ref name="Colorado and Nevada"></ref>
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== Reactions ==
Shortly after the Western States Pact and northeastern states announced their own joint plans on April 13, 2020, U.S. president [[Donald Trump]] asserted his "total authority" over the states' decisions about when to lift the shutdowns implemented in response to the pandemic.<ref name="Claims total authority"></ref> After criticism from both [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] members of Congress, Trump clarified on April 14 that he would be "authorizing each individual governor of each individual state to implement a reopening" of their economy. However, [[Cornell Law School]] professor Kathleen Bergin said, "Trump has no authority...These are matters for states to decide under...the [[Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Tenth Amendment to the Constitution]]."<ref name="Trump falsely claimed"></ref>
== See also ==
* [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in California]]
* [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in Colorado]]
* [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in Nevada]]
* [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in Oregon]]
* [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in Washington (state)]]
== References ==
2020
[[Category:2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States]]
[[Category:2020 in economics]]
[[Category:Political responses to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]]
== Agreement ==
In announcing the Western States Pact on April 13, 2020, governors [[Kate Brown]], [[Gavin Newsom]], and [[Jay Inslee]] jointly announced that "[[COVID-19]] doesn’t follow state or national boundaries. It will take every level of government, working together, and a full picture of what’s happening on the ground."<ref name="To work together"></ref>
The agreement was made with four goals:
* Protecting populations that are vulnerable (such as those in [[senior home]]s)
* Maintaining an acceptable supply of [[personal protective equipment]] in hospitals
* Mitigating [[poverty]] and unavailability of [[healthcare]] caused by the pandemic
* Connecting the rollback of economic restrictions with a method to track the transmission of the virus<ref name="States move forward"></ref>
On April 27, Colorado governor [[Jared Polis]] and Nevada governor [[Steve Sisolak]] announced their states would join the Western State Pact with the latter noting the importance of [[information sharing]].<ref name="Cooperating on reopening"></ref>
== Parties ==
[[File:U.S. states forming pacts to repon the economy (coronavirus pandemic).svg|thumb|300px|The member states of the Western States Pact are shaded in blue]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Governor
! Accession
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|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Sources: <ref name="Governors form pacts"></ref><ref name="Colorado and Nevada"></ref>
|}
== Reactions ==
Shortly after the Western States Pact and northeastern states announced their own joint plans on April 13, 2020, U.S. president [[Donald Trump]] asserted his "total authority" over the states' decisions about when to lift the shutdowns implemented in response to the pandemic.<ref name="Claims total authority"></ref> After criticism from both [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] members of Congress, Trump clarified on April 14 that he would be "authorizing each individual governor of each individual state to implement a reopening" of their economy. However, [[Cornell Law School]] professor Kathleen Bergin said, "Trump has no authority...These are matters for states to decide under...the [[Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Tenth Amendment to the Constitution]]."<ref name="Trump falsely claimed"></ref>
== See also ==
* [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in California]]
* [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in Colorado]]
* [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in Nevada]]
* [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in Oregon]]
* [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in Washington (state)]]
== References ==
2020
[[Category:2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States]]
[[Category:2020 in economics]]
[[Category:Political responses to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]]
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