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N/A Essentially, one commentator calculates that, with these changes, a family of four making $85,000 with $25,000 in health insurance coverage costs, will go from no federal support to a maximum payment for insurance of $7,000, or subsidies for such coverage will go from zero to $18,000. The American Rescue Plan provides various additional levels of support for all income levels, as shown in the table above. 2. Expands ACA cost-sharing support for the unemployed. The Senate legislation adds cost-sharing support for unemployed Americans enrolled in a qualified health plan. Currently, for thos...

Highlights Section 809 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 (section 809) prohibited the obligation or expenditure of funds in fiscal year 2019 "to enact" rules, regulations, or laws legalizing the sale, possession, or use of any schedule I substance. The Mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia obligated and expended funds to take various actions on a bill that would legalize the sale of marijuana in the District of Columbia for nonmedical use. These actions included introducing the bill to the Council and referring it to various Council committe...

In the early morning of Feb. 27, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, by a 219-212 vote. Two Democrats joined with a...

ASTA: Government Has ‘Responsibility’ To Support Hard Hit Industries February 09, 2021 ASTA is asking its members to help in the latest push for travel agency relief. Photo: Charles Toler/Shutterstock.com.  As Congress considers the next round of COVID-19 relief legislation this week, the American Society for Travel Advisors (ASTA) is asking its members to continue to help push for industry-wide relief, including targeted relief to all retail travel agency locations in the U.S., as it pushes Congress for another round of support for the trade. In a letter from Monday signed by ASTA...

February 03, 2021 USDOT Pauses BUILD, INFRA NOFOs Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor The INFRA and BUILD programs fund projects that build and repair critical pieces of freight and passenger transportation networks, such as highway/rail grade crossings and freight rail and intermodal infrastructure. (BNSF) The U.S. Department of Transportation is revising the FY 2021 Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) for its BUILD Transportation Discretionary Grant and Infrastructure For Rebuilding America (INFRA) programs. The DOT states on bo...