Saturday, March 06, 2021

Senate Democrats go it alone in passing Biden's stimulus bill

NPR just posted this news. It bears reposting:

The Senate approved President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan Saturday, securing additional aid for American families, workers and businesses — and a legislative victory for the Biden administration.

After more than 24 hours of debate, the evenly divided Senate voted 50-49 to approve the measure. Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska was absent because he was in Alaska for a family funeral.

The package delivers a new round of financial assistance to Americans grappling with the impact of the pandemic, including $1,400 direct payments, an extension of supplemental unemployment benefits and an increase to the child tax credit.

Individuals earning up to $75,000 and couples earning up to $150,000 would receive the full direct payments of $1,400 per person. But those payments would phase out for individuals and couples who make more than $80,000 and $160,000, respectively.

The income cutoff was lowered after moderate Democrats demanded that the latest round of checks target lower-income families.

Federal unemployment benefits would be extended through Sept. 6 at the current rate of $300 per week and the first $10,200 of those benefits would be tax-free for households that earn $150,000 or less.

Read the rest here.

My comment: Rich Republican senators can now go home and tell their constituents how they're always looking out for the little guy. And by the way, why not donate your $1,400 stimulus check to my next election campaign when I will be screwing you over again.

Got 181 likes. Some commenters didn't like what I said. So what?

Both of Wyoming's senators are multimillionaire Republicans, Barrasso and Lummis. They have blasted our lone U.S. rep, Liz Cheney, for voting for Trump's impeachment. 



2 comments:

RobertP said...

But Mike,

It only has the support of 70+% of the American people. When was the last time any bill had that kind of support? And Republicans unanimously rejected it. Hope the voters remember.

Bob

Michael Shay said...

Maybe people expected to get everything they want all at one time. Good government doesn't work that way. Some may have lost sight of that after four years of the Trump abomination.