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MILWAUKEE President Joe Biden made a pitch for a massive economic plan in his first address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday.
However, some Wisconsin businesses are now worried about footing the bill. Despite the high price tag reaching into the trillions, President Biden said Americans will get their money s worth.
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President Biden delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday during which he outlined major spending initiatives
Biden s ambitious plans, which add up to approximately $6 trillion, have met resistance from Republicans
The president promised no new taxes on anyone making less than $400,000
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The American Families Plan was unveiled ahead of President Joe Biden s address to Congress as he approaches his 100th day in office.
The plan includes proposals to cover the cost of two tuition-free years for Americans at community and technical colleges. It would provide 75 percent of the average tuition cost in a state with states covering the rest of the cost.
Biden s proposal also calls for universal pre-K education for all 3 and 4-year-olds. Child care coverage is a cornerstone of the plan, which also proposes providing enough funding so that lower and middle-income families do not spend more than seven percent of their earnings on child care.
Milwaukee to get $405M via federal COVID-19 relief bill
Milwaukee to get $405M via federal COVID-19 relief bill
Local cities will be getting pieces of the relief bill s $1.9 trillion pie, something Milwaukee s mayor says will go toward multiple projects.
MILWAUKEE - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill otherwise, known as the American Rescue Plan on Wednesday, March 10.
Local cities are expecting a cut of the pie. The City of Milwaukee is set to receive $405 million from the bill.
Mayor Tom Barrett said the funding will, in part, help cover the revenue the city lost this past year, but there will be millions left over for other projects.
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Two Wisconsin congressmen have signed a letter to President Joe Biden arguing that a provision in the House s coronavirus relief bill would cost thousands of cognitively disabled Americans their jobs. (Shutterstock )
WISCONSIN In a letter sent to President Joe Biden Friday, two Wisconsin representatives said preventing companies from paying cognitively disabled workers below minimum wage will cause thousands of those workers to lose their jobs.
Bryan Steil (R-Janesville) and Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) signed the letter along with two other Republican representatives: Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee and Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina.
In the letter, Steil and Grothman point to a provision in the House s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill that calls for the termination of Section 14(C) from the Fair Labor Standard Act. Currently, this section gives employers the ability to apply for certificates that allow them to pay below minimum wage to workers with intellec
MADISON Gov. Tony Evers has assumed the “CYA” position following the debacle that has been his administration’s distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines.
While the Democrat is feverishly attempting to blame the Trump administration, legislative Republicans, pharmacies and anyone else he can scapegoat, this fiasco is all on the governor.
Go back one month ago, when Evers dismissed any notion of legislative oversight of COVID-19 relief spending and vaccine distribution. Such a check on his executive authority would be cumbersome and time-consuming, he told the press gaggle. He eschewed any help.
“Clearly, if you think about over 100 people in the Capitol figuring out who gets the vaccine first or second and so on, that doesn’t even pass the smell test,” the governor said at the time.