{"id":187142,"date":"2021-03-02T16:15:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T21:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=187142"},"modified":"2021-03-02T16:15:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T21:15:38","slug":"senate-to-vote-on-1-9t-covid-relief-bill-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-to-vote-on-1-9t-covid-relief-bill-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate to vote on $1.9T COVID relief bill this week"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fsenate-to-vote-on-1-9t-covid-relief-bill-this-week%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=187142&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 id=\"attachment_2380280\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2380280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer arrived to speak to the media, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:10 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, March 2, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Republicans are challenging partisanship and wasteful spending measures in the Biden administration\u2019s $1.9 trillion COVID relief package. On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the Senate is slated to vote on the American Rescue Plan this week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Senate will take up the American Rescue Plan this week.<\/p>\n<p>And make no mistake: We will pass the bold COVID response Americans urgently need.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1366544043245789184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Schumer said he expects it to be a \u201chardy debate,\u201d as the upper chamber has remained divided 50-50. This weekend, the House voted to pass the legislation with no GOP support.<\/p>\n<p>If passed, this package would provide Americans with $1,400 stimulus checks, extend unemployment benefits until August and give $350 billion to states and local governments. It would also boost funding for COVID-19 vaccines, testing, mass transit systems, renter relief, colleges and small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>While Democrats continue to claim the bill is urgent, Republicans have said Democrats are trying to push through their own hidden agendas. Speaking on the floor Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called the bill completely partisan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only 1% of the Democrats\u2019 partisan bill goes to vaccines. Less than 9% to the entire health effort. It backs the Big Labor myth that schools can\u2019t reopen safely right now \u2014 yet only a small fraction of its K-12 money would go out this year.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal ideology, not families&#8217; needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell\/status\/1366511322188439553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHouse Democrats rammed through the bonanza of partisan spending they are calling a pandemic rescue package,\u201d McConnell stated. \u201cOnly Democrats voted for it. Both Republicans and Democrats voted against it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that COVID packages last year went from having up to 90 percent bipartisan support, to now only receiving support from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven famous liberal economists and liberal editorial boards are saying their half-baked plan is poorly targeted to what families need,\u201d McConnell added.<\/p>\n<p>While some Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), support stimulus payments, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) stressed the bill\u2019s high price tag could be devastating for the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bill\u2019s going to be done with only Democrat votes, and it\u2019s going to be $2 trillion of borrowed money. What that means is, it dilutes the value of the money that you have,\u201d Paul said. \u201cSo your currency becomes worth less and eventually prices will rise, and ultimately it\u2019s the boom and bust cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul called for the bill to be delayed, pointing out COVID case numbers are \u201cdramatically declining,\u201d citing a 77 percent decrease in cases in roughly the last six weeks. He suggested lawmakers should instead focus on reopening the economy and \u201cletting people live again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While it is unclear how long the divided Senate will debate on the American Rescue Plan ahead of the March 14 deadline for Joe Biden\u2019s signature, the vote is expected to happen on Friday.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/bidens-dhs-secy-claims-no-crisis-at-u-s-mexico-border-despite-migrant-surge\/\">Biden\u2019s DHS Secy. Claims \u2018No Crisis\u2019 At U.S.-Mexico Border Despite Migrant Surge<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer arrived to speak to the media, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. 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