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Senator Chuck Schumer of New York speaking to the media in Washington
US Senate passes pared-back COVID relief bill
Mar. 8 - On Saturday, the US Senate passed the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, following two days of Republican stalling and negotiations between the Democratic leadership and right-wing Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (West Virginia), which resulted in further cuts in proposed government aid.
The so-called “American Rescue Plan” was adopted by a strict 50-49 party-line vote, setting the stage for the expected passage of the pared-back measure by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, followed shortly thereafter by President Joe Biden’s signing the measure into law.
The major provisions of the Senate bill include:
* $400 billion for $1,400 per person stipends
* $350 billion for state and local governments, which have already laid off tens of thousands of educators and other public service workers
* $300 billion for the $300-a-week supplemental unemployment benefit through September 6 and a tax exemption for the first $10,200 in 2020 benefits for unemployed workers continue to read
US Senate passes pared-back COVID relief bill
Mar. 8 - On Saturday, the US Senate passed the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, following two days of Republican stalling and negotiations between the Democratic leadership and right-wing Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (West Virginia), which resulted in further cuts in proposed government aid.
The so-called “American Rescue Plan” was adopted by a strict 50-49 party-line vote, setting the stage for the expected passage of the pared-back measure by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, followed shortly thereafter by President Joe Biden’s signing the measure into law.
The major provisions of the Senate bill include:
* $400 billion for $1,400 per person stipends
* $350 billion for state and local governments, which have already laid off tens of thousands of educators and other public service workers
* $300 billion for the $300-a-week supplemental unemployment benefit through September 6 and a tax exemption for the first $10,200 in 2020 benefits for unemployed workers continue to read
MARCH 6, 2021
President Biden on Passage of COVID-19 Relief Bill
President Biden spoke at the White House about the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, which passed 50-49 in the Senate this afternoon. The Senate began work on the bill yesterday, with a marathon voting session on amendments to the bill. The bill heads to the House this Tuesday for a final vote.
President Biden on Passage of COVID-19 Relief Bill
President Biden spoke at the White House about the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, which passed 50-49 in the Senate this afternoon. The Senate began work on the bill yesterday, with a marathon voting session on amendments to the bill. The bill heads to the House this Tuesday for a final vote.
The long and winding roads – to the White House
Mar. 8 - As Joe Biden assumed the presidency, Scribe reissued his 2008 campaign biography, Promises to Keep. It’s a very smart publishing decision because it brings to us the true bedrock of Biden in public life. We get the raw Biden as he matures from his young days, before becoming Barack Obama’s vice-president, before fulfilling his promise to his dying son not to give up, but to go on, lovingly recounted in Promise Me (2017).
Biden is a regular guy. An American story of a kid propelled in life on the back of the middle class that surged after World War II. He loved football and girls; was a good but lazy student; did law; and fell in love – twice – at first sight. He trained his brain and mouth to overcome a terrible stutter, echoes of which you can still hear today, if you listen closely, as he gives speeches. He stands always with working people. And with people of colour who face racism every day; he was a lifeguard in the summer at the pools where black kids would swim. He quit a corporate law firm in Delaware to become a public defender. continue to read
Mar. 8 - As Joe Biden assumed the presidency, Scribe reissued his 2008 campaign biography, Promises to Keep. It’s a very smart publishing decision because it brings to us the true bedrock of Biden in public life. We get the raw Biden as he matures from his young days, before becoming Barack Obama’s vice-president, before fulfilling his promise to his dying son not to give up, but to go on, lovingly recounted in Promise Me (2017).
Biden is a regular guy. An American story of a kid propelled in life on the back of the middle class that surged after World War II. He loved football and girls; was a good but lazy student; did law; and fell in love – twice – at first sight. He trained his brain and mouth to overcome a terrible stutter, echoes of which you can still hear today, if you listen closely, as he gives speeches. He stands always with working people. And with people of colour who face racism every day; he was a lifeguard in the summer at the pools where black kids would swim. He quit a corporate law firm in Delaware to become a public defender. continue to read
