House Passes Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill

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The House of Representatives passed President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, designed to stabilize the economy and curb the spread of the coronavirus, in a 219-212 vote early Saturday morning, a major step in a complicated legislative process that will eventually allow Democrats to pass the sweeping relief bill into law over the objections of the Republican Party.... [+]

There are also billions of dollars for vaccine distribution, small business relief, rental assistance, nutrition assistance and more. Democrats are using a special process called budget reconciliation to advance the bill with only a simple majority of votes, meaning they’ll only need 51 votes in the Senate rather than the usual 60 required to overcome a filibuster.

 

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This stimulus check is going to cause the country to go into absurd inflation. Not only is the dollar worth going to fall, but in order to raise minimum wage, people are going to be heavily taxed. How are people supposed to get out of debt when they are being put out of work.

Sad day for America

OUTRAGEOUS! Less than 20% for Covid. 80% PORK during a pandemic. The Dem trickery involved in holding stimulus checks hostage to get this to move forward is breathtaking.

tell America how much is going to financial aid for working people, and what is going to politicians and Corporate aid... we would like to see where all this money is needed suddenly over what the last packages cost !!!!! It's called a stimulus bill, but for who

Because fuck America that’s why! Bitcoin

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What is wrong with our government standing front and center .

How yall only got 6 comments 😂

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those who think the current $7.25 federal minimum wage is “acceptable” should be “forced to live and work on that wage so they can demonstrate to the rest of us how it’s possible to get by.

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