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26 Feb, 8 tweets, 4 min read
🧵 The House is set to vote Friday on a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill.

It will retain many of the elements women lawmakers and advocates have been fighting for, but some provisions may face steep odds in the Senate.

Here’s what made it in and out: bit.ly/3dPayzJ
Child tax credit:

— Historic expansion of the child tax credit, up to as much as $3,600, making it available to the poorest children.

— The expansion would expire after a year. bit.ly/3dPayzJ
Child care:

— $24 billion to stabilize the child care industry

— $15 billion for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, which provides funding for states to subsidize child care for low-income families

— $165 billion for K-12 and higher education school reopenings
— Enhanced unemployment benefits

— Extended moratorium on evictions

— $1,400 stimulus checks bit.ly/3dPayzJ
Also staying in: proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

This provision faces a significant battle in the Senate.

📝 The Senate parliamentarian advised Thursday that it did not pass the muster to remain in the Senate version of the package. bit.ly/3dPayzJ
— Nearly 60 percent of the 32 million workers who would benefit from a minimum wage hike are women, according to @amprog.

— The @USCBO has also estimated that some 17 million workers would see their wages rise. bit.ly/3dPayzJ
Large swaths of a proposal to expand paid sick and medical leave — a top provision for women’s advocates — were also unable to clear the Senate parliamentarian. bit.ly/3dPayzJ
The Senate is set up to debate the COVID relief package as soon as next week.

More on the process to get it passed from @ChabeliH and @emarvelous: bit.ly/3dPayzJ

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27 Feb
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Court documents reviewed by The 19th begin to paint a picture of women’s roles and intentions during the insurrection.

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From @ChabeliH and @emarvelous:bit.ly/37ngBaD
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Small businesses have also closed — 1 in 4 owned by women closed between February and April 2020. bit.ly/37ngBaD
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