House Democrats accepted their comprehensive $ 1.9 billion coronavirus aid package in a party vote early Saturday morning. President Biden
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Legislators passed Bill 219-212, with two Democrats – representatives Jared Golden (Maine) and Kurt Schrader
Walter (Kurt) Kurt Schrader House Democrats keep raising minimum wage in COVID-19 relief bill for Friday’s vote Democrats face unit test over Biden’s .9T bill Democrats from the Senate are likely to pass the most important test of unity in the 2022 budget faces MORE (Ears.) – to vote against all Republicans. Democrats could only afford with their narrow majority of the House up to four departures.
The bill comes days after the COVID-19 death toll in the US exceeded 500,000 people, while more contagious virus variants remain a threat to the fight against the pandemic.
Lawmakers hope to build on the momentum of vaccines that people are gradually reaching to end the global pandemic that has shaken American life for most of the past year.
The emergency relief package now goes to the Senate, where the Democrats are expected to amend it next week and send it back to the House for approval before the unemployment insurance benefits expire on March 14.
The legislation, based on Biden’s proposal, includes provisions to provide a third round of direct incentive tests of up to $ 1,400 for individuals, a weekly $ 400 unemployment insurance increase until August 29, and $ 8.5 billion in funding for the centers for disease control. and Prevention (CDC) to disseminate, track and promote public confidence in COVID-19 vaccines.
The direct payments of up to $ 1400 for individuals or $ 2800 for couples are the largest pandemic impact payments to date, after the two previous rounds last year were a maximum of $ 1,200 and $ 600.
Individuals with an income of up to $ 75,000 and couples earning up to $ 150,000 are eligible for the full amounts, while payments will phase out for individuals earning up to $ 100,000 or $ 200,000 for couples.
Other key parts of the massive package include $ 350 billion for state and local governments, $ 130 billion to help K-12 schools reopen to personal tutoring in the classroom, and an extension of the child tax credit to $ 3,000 per child or $ 3,600 for children under six years of age.
But one part of the bill that passed the House early Saturday is doomed to lie on the cutting floor as soon as it reaches the Senate: an increase in the federal minimum wage from the current $ 7.25 per hour to $ 15.
The Senate MP on Thursday ruled that the minimum wage increase would not comply with the required budgetary rules to pass bills during the reconciliation process, which Democrats use so their package for pandemic is not subject to a GOP filibuster in the upper room. .
House Democrats have chosen to keep the minimum wage provision in the bill as proof of support for the highest progressive priority.
‘Even if it is unthinkable for some, it is inevitable for us. And we will work diligently to shorten the distance between the inevitable and the unthinkable, ”Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi Minimum Wage Deficit Reveals Progressive Calls to Senate Filibuster House Democrats to Maintain Minimum Wage Increase in COVID-19 Bill for Friday’s Vote Schiff Sees Challenges for Intellectual Committee, Community in the Shadow of Trump MORE (D-Calif.) Said of the increase of the wage.
The pressure to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 was estimated by a strong setback of Republicans and a handful of centric Democratic lawmakers, who quoted a report from the Congressional budget side, estimating that although it was 900,000 people out of poverty will lift, it will also lead to 1.4. million job losses.
Only one House Democrat, Representative Kurt Schrader (Ore.), Voted against a bill in 2019 to raise the minimum wage to $ 15. While Schrader’s preference for a regionally adjusted minimum wage above a federal statute for $ 15 did not threaten the prospects of the House Emergency Relief Package, it is a finer balance for the Democrats’ 50-50 position in the Senate. .
Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin
Joseph (Joe) Manchin Minimum wage setback revives progressive calls to make Senate filibuster Biden ‘disappointed’ over Senate parliamentary ruling, but ‘respects’ the House Democrats’ decision to raise the minimum wage in the COVID-19 Enlightenment Bill to Vote Friday MORE (W.Va.) and Kyrsten Cinema (Ariz.) Both expressed opposition to including the $ 15 minimum wage as part of the COVID-19 aid package. Manchin has called for raising the minimum wage to $ 11 an hour instead, arguing that it is a more reasonable level for a state like West Virginia.
Democrats weigh in on proposals from Sens. Ron Wyden
Ronald (Ron) Lee WydenBiden nominee looks at Trump Labor’s trade agenda expands unemployed aid for workers rejecting employers who underline COVID-19, Democrats rule reluctantly to raise taxes amid pandemic. (Erts.) En Bernie Sanders
Bernie SandersHouse Democrats propose minimum wage increase in COVID-19 relief bill for Friday vote Sanders narrows MPs ‘decision on minimum wage MPs’ minimum wage increase in coronavirus bill (I-Vt.) Which imposes fines on large businesses that do not pay employees at least $ 15 an hour and encourage small businesses to increase workers’ wages.
A senior Democratic aide said Friday that the Senate’s majority leader Charles Schumer
Chuck SchumerHillicon Valley: Biden sign order on slides | Hearing about wrong information in the media | Facebook’s deal with Australia CIA nominee for SolarWinds House Rules introduces new text of CODID-19 bill Budowsky: Cruz goes to Cancun, AOC goes to Texas MORE (DN.Y.) is considering adding such a provision to the emergency relief package, while the best House Democrats are still not committed to it.
House minority leader Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthySchiff sees challenges for the intellectual committee, the community in the shadow of Trump, hires Cruz in the Trump campaign as Conservative director, Conservatives follow Cheney for Trump’s CPAC remarks MORE (R-Calif.) Call the tax incentive proposal “stupid” and question why the minimum wage and other provisions are attached to a bill related to coronavirus relief.
“The swamp is back,” McCarthy declared during the debate on the house floor. ‘To my colleagues who say this bill is fat, I say it’s inflated. To those who say that it is urgent, I say that it is unjust. For those who say it’s popular, I’m saying it’s completely biased. It has the wrong priorities. ”
The final vote on the pandemic relief package only took place around midnight on Saturday because Republicans delayed the proceedings by several hours by speaking before the House Rules Committee about the more than 200 amendments they have submitted to the bill.
None of the IDP amendments, which were aimed at depriving the minimum wage provision bill and requiring K-12 schools to implement reopening plans for personal education to gain access to full funding, could not get floor time.
Democrats may be able to pass a separate bill to raise the minimum wage, but it is subject to a 60-vote threshold to clear a Senate GOP filibuster.
“I guarantee you that there will be an increase in the minimum wage before the election,” chairman of the budget committee John Yarmuth
John Allen Yarmuth Democrats demand emergency relief package to waive tax on unemployment benefits Democrats are unconditionally above the minimum wage over the money: Neera Tanden’s nomination in jeopardy after three IDP statements | Trump rages after SCOTUS arranges MORE on financial records (D-Ky.) Told reporters in the Capitol. “Hold me to that.”
Progressive people are calling for Vice President Harris, the president of the Senate, to heed the MP’s advice or for the Democrats to abolish the filibuster to ensure that the campaign promise of a minimum wage increase can finally become law under Biden.
“So it’s not just about minimum wage, because the Democrats have made a lot of promises to win the House, the Senate and the White House. And it’s going to come up again and again. So we will have to choose here. Are we going to stick to these rules or are we going to use the levers of the government to work for the people? Said the Progressive Caucus chairman of Congress. Pramila Jayapal
Pramila JayapalBiden ‘disappointed’ with Senate parliamentary ruling, but ‘respects’ House Democrats’ decision to keep the minimum wage increase in COVID-19’s legal statement for Friday, will deprive bill for president convicted of MORE (D-Wash.).
“To me, it’s not radical – it’s ruling.”