What's in the $1.9 Trillion House COVID Relief Bill?
The House of Representatives passed the American Rescue Plan which the #USSenate is currently considering.
Nine of the 12 House committees have approved legislation. This thread will summarize the major elements.
American Rescue Plan - Ways & Means $923B
👉$1,400 stimulus $422B
👉unemployment $246B
👉Tax Credit $143B
👉pension grants $58B
👉ACA 2021/2022 $45B
👉sick leave / retention credit $14B
👉COBRA coverage $8B
👉foreign subsidiaries $22B
👉Other policies $9B
American Rescue Plan - Oversight & Reform$350B
👉Provide money to state governments $195B
👉Provide money to local governments, territories, and tribes $155B
👉Create paid #COVID19 leave for federal workers and other policies $0.4B
#CovidReliefBill
American Rescue Plan - Education & Labor $290B
👉K-12 education $129B
👉colleges and universities $40B
👉minimum wage $15/hour by 2025 $54B
👉child care, providers, Head Start $40B
👉COBRA coverage $10B
👉Nutrition assistance $7B
👉Human services, labor, and other policies $11B
American Rescue Plan - Energy & Commerce $122B
👉testing/tracing $50B
👉health workforce & investments $19B
👉vaccine distribution $16B
👉Increase Medicaid $16B
👉Medicaid inmates and women pregnant & post 5 years $9B
👉Remove the cap Medicaid drugs -$18B
Other policies $31B
American Rescue Plan - Transportation & Infrastructure$90B
👉Disaster Relief Fund / COVID funeral expenses $47B
👉grants transit agencies $28B
👉grants airports & aviation manufacturers $11B
👉grants communities economic stress $3B
👉grants Amtrak & other transportation $2B
American Rescue Plan - Financial Services $71B
👉emergency rental assistance / assist homeless $30B
👉grants to airlines freeze layoffs through Sept $12B
👉Defense Production Act - medical supplies $10B
👉mortgage assistance $10B
👉State Small Business Credit Initiative $9B
American Rescue Plan - Small Business $50B
👉grants to restaurants and bars that lost revenue $25B
👉additional EIDL Advance grants up to $10,000 $15B
👉PPP loans and expand eligibility to certain non-profit and digital media companies$7B
👉Other policies $3B
#CovidReliefBill
American Rescue Plan - Veterans’ Affairs $17B
👉Provide funding for health care services, facilities, and copays for veterans$16B
👉Fund job training assistance programs for veterans and other VA administrative costs$1B
#CovidReliefBill
American Rescue Plan - Agriculture $16B
👉Increase nutrition assistance $6B
👉Pay off loans & other programs for disadvantaged farmers $5B
👉Purchase & distribute food to needy individuals $4B
👉Testing and monitoring for COVID in rural communities & among animal populations $1B
American Rescue Plan - Foreign Affairs (no legislation reported yet) $10B
American Rescue Plan - Natural Resources (no legislation reported yet) $1B
American Rescue Plan - Science, Space, & Technology (no legislation reported yet)$1B
American Rescue Plan by Committee

Ways&Means $923B
Oversight&Reform $350B
Education&Labor $290B
Energy&Commerce $122B
Transportation&Infrastructure $90B
Financial $71B
SmallBusiness$50B
Veterans’ $17B
Agriculture $16B
ForeignAffairs $10B
NaturalResources $1B
Science $1B
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Portman Amendment"
👉Extend Unemployment benefits to July 18

#COVIDReliefPackage
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Collins $650B substitute amendment" (60 votes needed)
👉Would replace American Rescue Plan

FAILED THE YEAS ARE 48, THE NAYS ARE 51

#COVIDReliefPackage
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Tim Scott Amendment"
👉Would restrict funds for nursing home strike teams unless states report on #Covid19

FAILED THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50

#COVIDReliefPackage
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Ron Wyden Amendment"
👉Would extend unemployment through September 6. First $10,000 tax-exempt
👉Would replace "Portman Amendment" unemployment ending July 18

PASSED THE YEAS ARE 50, THE NAYS ARE 49

#COVIDReliefPackage
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Rubio Amendment"
👉Schools fully open 5 days a week would receive 100% of funds.
👉Requiring schools to be open 50% of the time to receive even partial funding.

FAILED THE YEAS ARE 48, THE NAYS ARE 51

#COVIDReliefPackage
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Hassan Amendment"
👉Educational agencies receiving relief funds will within 30 days develop and make publicly available a plan for the safe return to in-person instruction

PASSED THE YEAS ARE 51, THE NAYS ARE 48

#COVIDReliefPackage #Schools
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Graham Amendment"
👉Reallocating $350B in state and local funding in the bill

FAILED THE YEAS ARE 48, THE NAYS ARE 51

#COVIDReliefPackage
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Tester/Hoeven/Manchin Amendment" (60 votes needed)
👉Requiring President Biden to review and approve Keystone XL Pipeline

FAILED THE YEAS ARE 51, THE NAYS ARE 48

#COVIDReliefPackage
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Cassidy Amendment"
👉Adding assistance for #Covid19 related expenses for non-public schools

FAILED THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Grassley Amendment"
👉Send #Covid19 relief bill back to committee for changes to protect taxpayers
👉He wants to have pensions for workers removed.

FAILED THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Toomey/Daines Amendment"
👉To strike (remove) money for socially disadvantaged farmers

FAILED THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #Racism #farm #rural
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Fischer Amendment"
👉To change the urban transit formula to a previous political formula rather than its current population data-driven formula

FAILED THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #RepublicanBias
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Rand Paul Amendment"
👉To strike (remove) provisions for non-profits in the Paycheck Protection Program

FAILED THE YEAS ARE 47, THE NAYS ARE 51
#CovidReliefBill #nonprofits #jobs
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Todd Young Amendment"
👉To reallocate funds for emergency & medical leave of federal employees to border protection for opioid detection

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 47, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #Pandemic #RepublicanPetProject
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Capito Recommit"
👉To send the bill back to the finance committee with instructions to shift funds to roads & bridges
(McConnell led Senate refused #infrastructure bills)

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 48, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #PetProject
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Rick Scott Amendment"
👉To redirect badly needed funds for Amtrak to Coast Guard

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 47, THE NAYS ARE 51
#CovidReliefBill #RepublicanPetProject
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Cotton Recommit"
👉To send the bill back to committee with instructions to bar state & local funds for "sanctuary cities"
(McConnell led Senate refused #immigration bills)

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 48, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #Racism
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Moran/Carper Amendment"
👉To close the 9010 loophole

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 100, THE NAYS ARE 0
#CovidReliefBill #Bipartisan
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Blackburn/Menendez Amendment"
👉To strike (remove) certain types of #Medicare hospital payments to DE, NJ & RI

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #HealthCare
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Lankford Amendment" (60 votes required)
👉To ensure restrictions are in the bill on publicly-funded abortions and prevent women's reproductive healthcare services

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 52, THE NAYS ARE 47
#CovidReliefBill #AntiChoice #AntiWomen
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Cruz Amendment"
👉Requires #schools to have in-school learning to get bill's funding
(plans to rob public schools to fund vouchers)

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #RepublicanPetProjects
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Romney Amendment"
👉Limiting state funding to the amount needed for #Covid19 response
(Original provision: employment funding for police, firemen, teachers, healthcare workers, etc)

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Tuberville/Graham/Marshall Amendment" (needs 60 votes)
👉Withholds education funding if #schools allow #Transgendered biological males in female sports

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #Transphobic
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Hagerty Motions to Recommit En Bloc"
👉To send the bill to committee to add 11 amendments

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Kennedy Amendment" (Motion to recommit)
👉Bar SBA funds for anyone convicted with riot felony in last 15 years, like #Trump's #Jan6th or #BLM

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 48, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #CriminalJustice
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Rick Scott to Recommit En Bloc"
👉To send bill to committee for a provision trying lawmaker pay to passing a federal budget
(odd as Republicans have routinely shut down the government)

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 48, THE NAYS ARE 51
#CovidReliefBill
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Mike Lee Amendment"
👉To change the Child Tax Credit
(this would reduce benefits for working families and undermine reduction of poverty in the bill)

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #childcare #tax
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Cornyn Amendment"
👉To send bill to committee for additional border funding
(take its funding intended to help #Covid19 affected budgets of museums, historical sites & arts)

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #distraction
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Cassidy/Cotton/Cruz Amendment"
👉To prevent $1,400 stimulus checks from going to prison inmates
(would hurt families, mostly black & brown)

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #JusticeInPolicingAct
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Cruz Amendment"
👉To undocumented immigrants from receiving $1,400 stimulus checks
(false premise: social security cards are required to receive stimulus)

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #rhetoric #misinformation #Lies
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Mike Lee Amendment"
👉To limit the expansion of Affordable Care Act subsidies
(middle-class families could lose insurance)

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #healthcare #Obamacare
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Grassley Amendment"
👉To provide targeted disaster funding for Iowa farmers
(multiple streams of funding are available for Iowa farmers outside of this bill)

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 45, THE NAYS ARE 54
#CovidReliefBill #farms #farmrelief #corn
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Moran Amendment"
👉To raise funding for the Veterans Department's Community Care program.

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #veterans
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Murkowski Amendment"
👉To provide safe shelter and resources for homeless youth and children

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 100, THE NAYS ARE 0
#CovidReliefBill #Homeless
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Daines Amendment"
👉To send bill to committee for authorization of the KeystoneXL Pipeline

FAILED: THE YEAS ARE 49, THE NAYS ARE 50
#CovidReliefBill #distraction
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Warner Amendment"
👉To continue federal contractor reimbursement
👉Rand Paul came out strongly against the amendment, forced a roll call vote

PASSED
#CovidReliefBill #intelligence
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan
"Schumer Amendment"
👉Workers compensation benefits for #Covid19

PASSED
#CovidReliefBill #workerscomp
#USSenate on American Rescue Plan

American Rescue Plan as Amended

PASSED: THE YEAS ARE 50, THE NAYS ARE 49
#CovidReliefBill #COVID19
Republicans seem to be less concerned about constituents and more concerned with donors. I don't understand how some working-class voters feel they are represented by the GOP.
The state of Idaho celebrates a mask burning party.

@potus @SenSchumer @SpeakerPelosi
Let's support them all with no money from the #AmericanRescuePlan the #CovidReliefBill

Unless @GovernorLittle @SenatorRisch & @MikeCrapo publicly denounce the event and encourage #Science.

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