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With the House set to vote on stimulus, here s how it could impact Louisiana
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The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to pass another COVID-19 stimulus package this week, and the legislation could have far-reaching impacts on Louisiana s residents.
The $1.9-trillion stimulus package, known as the American Rescue Plan, championed by President Joe Biden would send out another round of stimulus checks to many American households would extend the additional $300 in weekly unemployment payments.
The package was passed 50-49 on Saturday, with both of Louisiana s senators, Republicans Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy, voting against the stimulus. The House appears set to vote on the measure Tuesday. In the House s original vote on the measure, none of Louisiana s four serving congressmen Republicans Garrett Graves, Steve Scalise, Mike Johnson, and Clay Higgins voted in support of the package.
Shawn Wilson, the secretary of the state s Department of Transportation and Development, advocated for an increase in the state s gas tax on the Ellevate Louisiana videocast, which he said would help the state better manage and improve its infrastructure, though he said that the upcoming legislative session might not be the best time.
On the videocast, which was released Wednesday, Wilson championed some of the department s recent accomplishments, such as the I-10 widening in St. Martin Parish, while also pushing for the increased gas tax. Ten states have gone two decades or more without a gas tax increase, Wilson said. And guess what Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Shreveport? The state that you re in is one of those states that s gone more than two decades without addressing our gas tax.
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