A $900-billion pandemic bailout bill split the two representatives for Rim Country and the White Mountains in Congress â but also revealed the growing power of the few remaining congressional moderates.
The pandemic package includes $600 for each taxpayer making less than $75,000, another 11 weeks of extended unemployment totaling $300 per week, continued coverage for gig and part-time workers, a continuation of the ban on evictions, nearly $300 billion in low-cost or forgivable loans for businesses affected by the pandemic and $70 billion for vaccine distribution and COVID testing. The last-minute vote also averted a government shutdown.
However, itâs also linked to a $2.4 trillion package designed to keep the government running, which was laden with a host of other provisions that drew criticism from both sides of the aisle. Lawmakers had hours to absorb the details of the 5,500-page package, which included like protection against surprise medical bills, major new tax b
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But overcoming obstacles to cast a ballot in the first place is not an uncommon experience for many of the estimated 6.8 million Native American individuals residing in the United States and members of the 574 federally-recognized Native tribes, according to activists and experts interviewed by Insider.
An extensive report conducted by the Native American Voting Rights Coalition, a project of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), based on two years of research in Native communities across the country and released in June, found that Native voters still face inequitable access to registering to vote, casting a vote, and having their vote count.