Updated: 7:20 a.m.
The U.S. House and Senate passed a massive $900 billion stimulus package Monday night, and all the members of Minnesota’s congressional delegation supported it.
The bill provides help to small businesses and contains a host of other provisions, including:
$600 direct payments to most individuals, including children;
$13 billion in increased Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and child nutrition benefits to help relieve the historic hunger crisis that has left up to 17 million children food insecure;
$25 billion in rental assistance and an extended eviction moratorium to help ensure people can stay in their homes for the duration of this crisis;
December 22, 2020 – 3:00 pm
By now I’m sure you’ve read tons and tons on all the insanity put in the COVID relief bill (don’t forget, it was essentially two bills, a COVID relief one and one for funding stuff for Government) instead of simply taking care of the American people. And the next one could be harder
Congress passed three coronavirus stimulus bills in March, and started working on a fourth bill in April. That’s the bill Congress is finally poised to pass this week eight months later.
One reason it took so long to pass the fourth, $900 billion relief package was the 2020 elections, with both Democrats and Republicans making absurd demands to show voters how committed they were to core party principles prior to Election Day. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who now hails the $900 billion bill as a historic success, insisted in the fall that a fourth bill must entail at least $2.2 trillion in spending. Less is more, apparently. Republican Senate Majority
Joe Biden Gets Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine at Delaware Hospital
On 12/21/20 at 4:10 PM EST
President-elect Joe Biden received the first of two COVID-19 vaccine doses on Monday. I m ready, Biden proclaimed before a nurse practitioner gave a masked Biden the shot in his left arm.
After getting the shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at ChristianaCare Hospital in Newark, Delaware, Biden urged people to get the vaccine when it s available to them.
Read more I m doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared when it s available to take the vaccine, Biden said.
Biden did not respond to reporters shouted questions after publicly receiving the vaccine. His wife, future first lady Jill Biden, also received the vaccine Monday.
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