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American Rescue Plan
The Cherokee Nation is receiving $1.8 billion in COVID-19 recovery funds through President Biden’s American Rescue Plan.
Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner’s proposed spending plan for the funds will provide every Cherokee citizen with a total of $2,000 in direct relief assistance ($1,000 each year for two years) while also bolstering the tribe’s mental health and wellness initiatives, assisting Cherokee-owned small businesses, reinforcing tribal health care services, improving infrastructure, and supporting education, housing, job training and more for Cherokee families.
The American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, provides a $20 billion set aside for tribal governments to help turn the tide of the pandemic, address the economic fallout, and build a strong foundation for recovery.
pass a continuing resolution, a stop gap measure on tuesday. and that should be the end of it. it will push this whole issue of spending allocations into late february or early march. this is a totally different game now. the house has been privately push for a stop gap bill that would just keep the government running at current levels of fupding until next september. bringing this into the early winter, just past the state of the union, just as the president is beginning to write his own budget and present it to the congress. is going to be in a big battle. of course you always have this question about the drama of a possible government shut down when you re talking about these bills to keep the government running. so it is going to be sort of the opening salvo of the new 112 congress with the republicans controlling the house. and it sets up a pretty big fight. okay. can we talk earmarks here