Third stimulus update: $1.9 trillion COVID ‘rescue plan’ with $1,400 checks backed by 76% of Americans, poll shows; House to vote Friday
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
More than three-quarters of Americans agree with President Joe Biden’s message to Congress on COVID-19 relief: “Go big.”
Biden’s $1.9 trillion aid bill which includes $1,400 checks to Americans earning less than $75,000 and invests hundreds of billions in combatting the virus finds support among 76% of Americans, according to the latest polling from Morning Consult and Politico. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says the House will vote on the package Friday.
During my press conference today, I told reporters that the need for COVID-19 relief remains great; that’s why I am bringing the #AmericanRescuePlan to the Floor this Friday. I hope that my colleagues will join in supporting this bill and providing relief to Americans. Steny (Wear a Mask) Hoyer (@LeaderHoyer) February 24, 2021
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House lawmakers will vote Friday on whether to approve President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, according to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. The House will vote on Friday on @POTUS’ #AmericanRescuePlan to end this pandemic and deliver urgently needed relief to America’s families and small businesses, Hoyer tweeted. The American people strongly support this bill, and we are moving swiftly to see it enacted into law.
The full lower chamber is set to consider the bill days after the House Budget Committee voted to approve the package. As currently constructed, the American Rescue Plan includes $1,400 direct payments to most Americans, $400 in weekly unemployment benefits, federal funding to state and local governments and financial assistance to help reopen schools, among other measures championed by Biden.