{"id":328995,"date":"2021-03-27T18:16:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T22:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=328995"},"modified":"2021-03-27T18:16:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T22:16:40","slug":"harris-relief-package-passed-to-fund-public-policy-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-relief-package-passed-to-fund-public-policy-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris: Relief package passed to fund public policy programs"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fharris-relief-package-passed-to-fund-public-policy-programs%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=328995&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_2392769\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2392769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kamala Harris spoke during a visit to West Haven Child Development Center in West Haven, Conn., Friday, March 26, 2021. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:05 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, March 27, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Kamala Harris acknowledged part of the $1.9 trillion stimulus package was aimed at passing social spending policies and not coronavirus relief.<\/p>\n<p>Harris made the comment during a trip to Connecticut on Friday, describing part of the package aimed at funding things like child care. Reports said Democrats pushed Joe Biden to put a priority on child poverty, leading them to add $120 billion in social spending to the package.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If we want to build a nation that\u2019s safe, strong, and healthy\u2014we&#8217;ve got to focus on children. I visited West Haven Child Development Center to discuss the importance of childcare centers like theirs and how the American Rescue Plan lifts half of America&#8217;s children out of poverty. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/orQ8HaosDv\">pic.twitter.com\/orQ8HaosDv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP\/status\/1375775925892177920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republicans have repeatedly blasted the package for unnecessary spending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the intentional purpose of the American Rescue Plan, which was to look at child care, to look at our child care workers, to look at our children,\u201d Harris stated. \u201cWe cannot in public policy subordinate them, as you know, is because, I guess they\u2019re little people, little problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Top Republicans have pointed out less than 9 percent of the so-called rescue package is going toward COVID relief.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s time we speak truth in the nation\u2019s Capitol: <\/p>\n<p>The American Rescue Plan is being sold to the public as COVID-19 aid, yet only 9% of the funds are directed towards providing stimulus relief. The American taxpayers deserve better than radical and fake relief bills. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XYvfGuSeNR\">pic.twitter.com\/XYvfGuSeNR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDonaldsPress\/status\/1365545368440700931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats are also reportedly pushing additional spending packages with a potential price tag of $3 trillion.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/psaki-biden-to-sign-gun-control-executive-orders\/\">Psaki: Biden To Sign Gun Control Executive Orders<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamala Harris spoke during a visit to West Haven Child Development Center in West Haven, Conn., Friday, March 26, 2021. 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