{"id":180333,"date":"2021-02-27T12:31:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T17:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180333"},"modified":"2021-02-28T10:35:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:35:30","slug":"democrat-controlled-house-passes-1-9-trillion-stimulus-bill-two-dems-vote-against-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-controlled-house-passes-1-9-trillion-stimulus-bill-two-dems-vote-against-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat-Controlled House Passes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill; Two Dems Vote Against 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\">24<\/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%2Fdemocrat-controlled-house-passes-1-9-trillion-stimulus-bill-two-dems-vote-against-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=180333&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\/Pelosi-1-3.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed \u201c<\/span><span>The American Rescue Plan\u201d by a vote of 219-212 early Saturday morning, sending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/schumer-stresses-importance-of-democratic-unity-to-pass-covid-bill\">$1.9 trillion stimulus bill<\/a> championed by President Joe Biden over to the Senate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The stimulus bill passed with unanimous Republican opposition, and two Democrats \u2014 Reps. Jared Golden of Maine and Kurt Schrader of Oregon \u2014 also voted against it.<\/p>\n<p><span>If enacted, the legislation would extend the<\/span> <span>unemployment insurance booster checks, giving an extra $400 per week to recipients until August \u2014 up from $300 per week \u2014 and $350 billion for states, local governments, and tribal governments,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/02\/26\/us\/joe-biden-news\"><span>according<\/span><\/a> <span>to The New York Times. The legislation would also provide $200 billion for schools across the country and $50 billion for COVID-19 vaccine distribution, contact tracing, and COVID-19 testing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stimulus checks, which Biden vowed to include, have also made another appearance. Under the plan, individuals who earn <span>less than $75,000 per year, and couples earning less than $150,000 per year would qualify for $1,400 stimulus checks. These checks would be provided on top of the recent $600 checks Congress recently provided, and the latest round of them would cost $422 billion, according to<\/span> <span>the Joint Committee on Taxation, a nonpartisan organization that provides spending estimates for legislation,<\/span> <span>The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2021\/02\/03\/biden-stimulus-checks-what-you-need-to-know\/\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) slammed the stimulus bill in a Fox News<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/democrats-1-9-trillion-covid-bill-pelosi-kevin-mccarthy\"><span>op-ed<\/span><\/a> <span>early Friday morning and encouraged people to call the legislation a \u201cPelosi Payoff\u201d instead of a COVID-19 relief bill due to the quantity of unrelated spending inside of it:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span>When you add it all up, the price tag of Democrats\u2019 bill is jaw-dropping. At $1.9 trillion, it is the single most expensive bill in history. But don\u2019t call it a rescue or relief bill. Call it a Pelosi Payoff. Because the amount of money that actually goes to funding public health is less than nine percent. This is not a serious attempt to fix the real problems of the American people.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The solution America needs is one that will get us on a path back to normal. We need blue state governors to lift their non-science-based lockdowns. We need schools to reopen, students back in the classroom and breadwinners back to work.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We need to continue to increase our vaccine distribution, so we can continue to control cases and ultimately destroy the virus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That is what the American people need, what they want, and what they deserve. But the Democrats\u2019 bill won\u2019t accomplish this, and instead will result in families, children and small businesses continuing to get left behind, saddled with a debt they cannot afford, all for the sake of an agenda they never voted for.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has called it a \u201cspectacular piece of legislation,\u201d according to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-vote-biden-s-1-9-trillion-covid-relief-bill-n1258883\"><span>NBC News<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The passage of the bill in the House marks a significant step forward for the Biden administration\u2019s first major piece of legislation. The proposal, however, will still likely undergo some changes in the Senate, specifically on the minimum wage hike. The Senate parliamentarian ruled on Thursday that the minimum wage hike could not remain in the proposal as written if it were passed through the reconciliation process, which Democrats will have to do in order to ensure a veto-proof simple majority. Pelosi, however, committed to keeping it in the House-passed bill, calling it \u201cnecessary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the budget chairman, said he would try to include a work-around for the wage hike<\/span> <span>\u2014<\/span> <span>in the form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sanders-suggests-removing-tax-deductions-for-large-companies-that-dont-pay-at-least-15-an-hour\">revoking tax deductions for large companies<\/a> that don\u2019t pay a $15 minimum wage<\/span> <span>\u2014<\/span> <span>but it\u2019s unclear what that would look like. Other far-left lawmakers, such as Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), have called for the Senate parliamentarian to be overruled, and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has called for the Senate parliamentarian to be replaced.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m sorry\u2014an unelected parliamentarian does not get to deprive 32 million Americans the raise they deserve.<\/p>\n<p>This is an advisory, not a ruling. VP Harris needs to disregard and rule a $15 minimum wage in order.<\/p>\n<p>We were elected to deliver for the people. It\u2019s time we do our job. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rraVhT5GV7\">https:\/\/t.co\/rraVhT5GV7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoKhanna\/status\/1365100463637561352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Every option needs to be on the table to pass a $15 minimum wage, whether it\u2019s overruling an unelected parliamentarian or ending the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>We told people we would deliver. 27 million workers are waiting for us to deliver. And now we must deliver. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8USGTDanyH\">https:\/\/t.co\/8USGTDanyH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PramilaJayapal\/status\/1365132152598388737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Abolish the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>Replace the parliamentarian.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s a Democratic majority if we can\u2019t pass our priority bills? This is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1365113547848634370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The White House, however, has signaled that they are willing to move the legislation forward without including the original wage hike, which would have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pelosi-vows-to-include-15-minimum-wage-hike-in-relief-bill-despite-senate-rule-making-it-ineligible\">increased the federal minimum wage<\/a> from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour over several years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c[President Joe Biden] will work with leaders in Congress to determine the best path forward because no one in this country should work full time and live in poverty,\u201d White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. \u201cHe urges Congress to move quickly to pass the American Rescue Plan, which includes $1,400 rescue checks for most Americans, funding to get this virus under control, aid to get our schools reopened and desperately needed help for the people who have been hardest hit by this crisis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s unclear whether the White House would agree to a work-around minimum wage hike, such as the Sanders idea, even if the work-around was found to comport with the Senate rules. According to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/2021\/02\/26\/plan-b-for-minimum-wage-pitched-as-house-prepares-to-vote-on-aid-package\/\"><span>Roll Call<\/span><\/a><span>, Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) is working on an alternative plan that would impose a 5% payroll penalty for large corporations that don\u2019t pay a certain amount. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t get in the front door or the back door, so we will try to go through the window,\u201d Wyden said of his work-around.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The House would need to approve any changes to the proposal made if the Senate were to pass an altered version of the bill, meaning another House vote would take place before Biden could sign any legislation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><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> <em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed \u201cThe American Rescue Plan\u201d by a vote of 219-212 early Saturday morning, sending the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill championed by President Joe Biden over &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274378,"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\/Pelosi-1-3.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Democrat-Controlled House Passes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill; Two Dems Vote Against It","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pelosi-1-3.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Democrat-Controlled House Passes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill; Two Dems Vote Against It","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}