{"id":138120,"date":"2021-02-16T15:52:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=138120"},"modified":"2021-02-16T15:58:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:58:32","slug":"house-democrats-have-proposed-a-new-1-9-trillion-covid-relief-package-heres-whats-in-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-have-proposed-a-new-1-9-trillion-covid-relief-package-heres-whats-in-it\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats Have Proposed A New $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Package. Here\u2019s What\u2019s In It."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-democrats-have-proposed-a-new-1-9-trillion-covid-relief-package-heres-whats-in-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=138120&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1266123290-e1610656330765.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>House Democrats are taking the lead in drafting a new COVID-19 relief bill for President Joe Biden and it\u2019s expected to cost taxpayers a whopping $1.9 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>Called the American Rescue Plan, Biden\u2019s version of the fourth coronavirus relief package is expected to \u201caugment[] many of the measures in Congress\u2019 historic $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill from March and in the&nbsp;$900 billion legislation from December, which was scaled back to garner support from Senate Republicans.\u201d It also increases financial aid for the unemployed, and bumps \u201csupport for small businesses, states, and local governments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats, however, have been hard at work on their own version of the plan, in the hopes that they can include a number of items jettisoned from December\u2019s bill and push for things like a $15 minimum wage as part of the larger relief effort.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a guaranteed success. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/16\/politics\/stimulus-update-house-democrats-proposal\/index.html\">According to CNN<\/a>, the \u201cHouse Budget Committee will assemble a final bill based off the measures approved by at least nine committees. Most of them \u2014 but not all \u2014 adhere closely to what Biden outlined in his proposal last month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe full House may pass the legislation as soon as next week, but it could face hurdles in the Senate<strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong>where Democrats can\u2019t afford to lose a single member of their party thanks to the 50-50 split in the chamber. Already, two Democrats \u2014 Sens. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia \u2014 have voiced opposition to one element of the plan, raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour,\u201d the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>The House bill would, however, include $1,400 individual stimulus payments for taxpayers, similar to those outlined in Biden\u2019s bill \u2014 and less than the $2,000 payments that many Democrats were reportedly expecting when they cast a ballot for Biden in November\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike earlier bills, the payments under the new bill \u201cwould phase out faster and completely cut off individuals earning more than $100,000 and families earning more than $200,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House bill also extends federal supplemental unemployment benefits and adds $880 million to the WIC food stamps program. It gives $10 billion to states to provide mortgage payment assistance and $11 billion for rental assistance, \u201chomeless services and support, housing counseling, and mortgage support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More controversially, the bill contains a provision increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour, making that the standard across the country, and it sends $350 billion in aid to state and local governments \u2014 a provision that was stripped out of earlier bills over concerns that Democrats would direct the money to cash-strapped states like New York, California, and Illinois, whose budget woes long predate the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are also pushing an increase in funding to schools, in line with the Biden administration\u2019s recommendations that schools receive supplementary benefits in order to make major infrastructure changes so that students and teachers can return to classrooms safely.<\/p>\n<p>Several times over the last week, members of the Biden administration have stressed the need for increased education funding, and the House appears to have put together their bill draft with such requirements in mind. The bill sends \u201cnearly $130 billion to K-12 schools\u201d but while some of it may be used to purchase ventilation systems and update cleaning protocols, the House is also offering a bone to teachers\u2019 unions. \u201cThe money,\u201d CNN reports, \u201cis also intended to help prevent teacher layoffs next year when some states may be struggling to balance their budgets. The pot of money will remain available through September 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As with previous versions of Democrat COVID-19 relief, the bill, which will likely become available later this week, is also expected to make handouts to pet projects.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats are taking the lead in drafting a new COVID-19 relief bill for President Joe Biden and it\u2019s expected to cost taxpayers a whopping $1.9 trillion. Called the American &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181367,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1266123290-e1610656330765.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"House Democrats Have Proposed A New $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Package. 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