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What we know so far about the latest bill:

- $1200 in cash to those making up to $75K, $2400 for couples up to $150k, $500 for kids
- Increased unemployment benefits timeline
- $350 million in small business loans/direct $$ for those who maintain payroll
- $500B in aid to corps—with Congressional oversight
- $100B in assistance to hospitals
- $150B to state/local govts
- $250m in tax credits for paid leave
- $400m in election grants
- $1B for Defense Production Act
- $45B in disaster relief for local govts/tribes
Concerns:

- No word on universal and monthly cash assistance
- No word on coverage for all testing/treatment for coronavirus
- No word on eviction/foreclosure protections
- No word on a ban on stock buybacks/bonuses
- No word on student debt, mortgage and rent relief
Takeaway: It includes some major progressive asks, but missing other critical measures that deliver relief to our vulnerable communities.

I will continue to share my thinking on the bill as I learn more!
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Ilhan Omar
@IlhanMN
Any relief package must:

•Make cash assistance universal and monthly
•Halt foreclosures *and* evictions
•Freeze all deportations
•Cancel student debt
•Pay for small business losses
•Bail out workers, not corporations

Here are some steps I have been taking to ensure this.
.@AyannaPressley and I led a letter calling for across the board student debt cancellation and immediate monthly payment relief to be included in the next package. 

No one should have to choose between paying off student loans and putting food on the table during this crisis.
I led a letter to @DHS_Wolf requesting a plan to prevent outbreak in detention facilities—and a halt to deportations, interior enforcement and immigration court proceedings to prevent the spread of the virus. theintercept.com/2020/03/20/sto…
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Ilhan Omar
@IlhanMN
There need to be two open Senate seats by the morning.

No excuses.
*two seats, number might triple in the morning.
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Ilhan Omar
@IlhanMN
Means-testing inevitably creates more administrative costs, red tape, and the ability for bureaucrats to deny benefits.

We should expand Medicaid, UI and SNAP, but we must deliver universal funds now!
Universal programs ensure that every American has a stake in our policies—that’s why programs like Social Security are so successful.

My proposal gets monthly relief to all Americans now. And then we tax the rich to make sure they contribute more.
Now that the GOP has come around to cash assistance, let’s make sure that these payments:

- Reach all Americans — no means-testing
- Go out monthly until this pandemic is over

The party of Social Security and Medicare should be leading the charge for universal relief!
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Greg Angel
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FILING FAILURES: For WEEKS we've been sharing your stories of problem-plagued efforts "applying" for unemployment.

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Pé
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The "relief" bill just passed by Congress is overall a piece of shit. It does little to nothing to prevent mass bankruptcies and a financial crisis in the coming months.

Without a debt servicing and rent "holiday" (for EVERYONE), millions of people and businesses will go under.
Banks must stop collecting mortgages so landlords can afford to stop collecting rent... that is the only way people and businesses can avoid bankruptcy. A $1200 check and increased unemployment benefits for a few months won't do it.
This isn't a radical idea; other countries are doing this.

But since we're America, we are trying to force an economy to keep on running when people are literally terrified of contracting a highly-infectuous deadly disease for which there is no cure.
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Tens of millions of Americans could starve and/or may have to file for bankruptcy in the coming year because the Senate cared more about keeping Boeing solvent.

I cannot describe how livid I am about the bullshit "relief" the Senate just passed.
Mega-corporations and the super-rich are going to be the chief beneficiaries; the Senate might even amend the bill to... help cruise companies which are registered overseas. Like... the fuck?

The rest of us get crumbs (if we qualify due to arbitrary restrictions, of course).
The Senate has already packed up and left for FOUR FUCKING WEEKS! Which forces the House to pass this piece of shit... or people who desperately need help get absolutely nothing, not even the miserly crumbs the Senate provided, until the end of April.
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