Sen. Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders: The report: Bad jobs boost Biden stimulus case Biden expects the minimum wage increase to be removed from the final relief bill. Five tasks from the budget marathon MORE (I-Vt.) Met fellow Democrats on Saturday who, according to him, want to lower the thresholds for coronavirus stimulus tests.
The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee tweeted On Saturday night, it was “incredible” that there were some Democrats “who want to reduce direct pay revenue from $ 75,000 to $ 50,000 for individuals, and $ 150,000 to $ 100,000 for couples.”
“In other words, working class people who got checks from Trump would not get them from Biden,” the Vermont senator tweeted from his personal account. “Brilliant!”
Unbelievable. There are some Dems who want to reduce the income for direct payments from $ 75,000 to $ 50,000 for individuals, and $ 150,000 to $ 100,000 for couples. In other words, working-class people who got checks from Trump would not get them from Biden. Brilliant!
– Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) 7 February 2021
In another tweet A few minutes later, Sanders said in his Senate report that he was “strongly” against lowering the fitness threshold, adding, “In these difficult times, ALL working-class people earn the full amount of $ 1,400.”
“I last heard that someone who earns $ 55,000 a year is not ‘rich,'” Sanders added.
I strongly oppose lowering direct income payments for direct payments from $ 75,000 to $ 50,000 for individuals and $ 150,000 to $ 100,000 for couples. In these difficult times, ALL working class people earn the full amount of $ 1400. I last heard that someone who earns $ 55,000 a year is not ‘rich’.
– Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) 7 February 2021
Several Twitter users have voiced support for Sanders’ comments, including co-aggressor Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defiant Greene attacks media, evades questions over previous remarks Ocasio-Cortez thanks Capitol Police amid criticism of her riot experience AOC is an asset to Democrats, Greene is an albatross for the IDP (DN.Y.), who again tweeted Sanders’ message, writing, “It would be outrageous if we gave more relief and eventually did the opposite.”
Finally, $ 50,000 is wack and we should not do wack things.
– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) 7 February 2021
Under President Biden’s $ 1.9 billion coronavirus relief plan, stimulus checks were set at $ 1,400, although the proposal changed the structure of phasing out payments for individuals earning more than $ 75,000 or couples making more than $ 150,000.
However, senators over the past few days have been talking about adjusting the phasing-out structure of the next round of stimulus tests amid the broader concern that high-income earners are eligible for payments unless Congress makes changes.
The Washington Post only reported on Tuesday that some senior Democrats had discussed a proposal to start phasing out stimulus checks for those earning more than $ 50,000 for single taxpayers, $ 75,000 for people serving as heads of households and $ 100,000 for couples.
On Thursday, the Senate voted 99-1 on an amendment van Sens. Joe Manchin
Joseph (Joe) ManchinThe memorandum: Bad jobs report boosts Biden stimulus Biden expects the minimum wage increase from the final relief bill to be dropped. SUPERVISION ENERGY: DOJ to get businesses to pay for environmental projects again to reduce fines | House Democrats introduce MORE energy tax package MORE (DW.Va.) and Susan Collins
Susan Margaret Collins: the report: bad jobs boost Biden stimulus case Five takeaways from the budget marathon Do not let this uniform moment get lost anymore (R-Maine) relates to the “target” of the checks and to making sure “taxpayers with higher incomes are not eligible.”
“I do not think any person on this floor will agree to direct the relief to our neighbors who are struggling to pay rent and put food on the table,” Manchin said before the vote.
Collins added, “Do we want households with $ 300,000 family income tests to do stimulus tests, or do we want to help the struggling families who need the help and boost the economy?”
Sanders said in his own remarks before the vote that no one supports families with an income of $ 300,000 a year to get a check, adding that lawmakers should provide direct assistance to individuals up to $ 75,000 or couples up to $ 75,000 Earn $ 150,000.
The hill reached out to Manchin, as well as the Senate majority leader Charles Schumer
Chuck Schumer More than 60 progressive groups are calling on Schumer to make a new filibuster. Booker is re-drafting the bill to give all newborns, 000 savings accounts. Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, Blumenauer want to sue Biden for declaring more emergencies. (DN.Y.), for comment on Sanders’ Saturday tweets.