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Scott is a program associate for Congressional Relations at The Heritage Foundation. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference to discuss the COVID relief bill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Caroline Brehman / Contributor / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
The House of Representatives last week started piecing together what will become a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package and will force it through Congress.
It is unfair for taxpayers in well budgeted states such as Montana, Texas, and Utah to have to bailout states that’ve ran up deficits year after year.
If Congress truly wants to help the American people move past COVID-19 and reopen the economy, they would work to include only what is necessary.
Democrats are preparing a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package that is filled with wish-list items that are not related to COVID-19 and are not helpful for getting Americans back to work and reopening the economy. Pictured: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference to discuss the COVID-19 relief bill on Feb. 11. (Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images)
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Scott Zipperle is a program associate for congressional relations at The Heritage Foundation.
For Congress, it is customary to misuse must-pass legislation as the vehicle for policies that would otherwise fail on their own. But to hide behind the veil of pandemic relief for a third round of aid while $1.1 trillion remains unspent from previous aid packages is insulting.