Here’s What’s In The American Rescue Plan
The colossal package allocates money for COVID-19 vaccines, schools, small businesses and anti-poverty programs like the child tax credit. Here are the highlights, including what the Senate changed.
March 11, 2021, 1:33 PM
The Senate approved a $1.9 trillion rescue package on March 6. The House gave final approval to the legislation on Wednesday.
President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill on Thursday, a day after the House gave final approval to package. The colossal package known as the American Rescue Plan allocates money for vaccines, schools, small businesses and anti-poverty programs such as an expanded child tax credit that would mean new monthly payments to many parents.
President Joe Biden’s child care relief bill, part of the sweeping $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that the president signed into law Thursday, may not end the growing child care crisis, but it will throw a much-needed lifeline to a field on the brink of collapse, early childhood advocates say.
“Our early educator community has been desperately underfunded for decades. Even before the pandemic, most child care providers particularly those in communities of color lived below the poverty level, relying on government support and social service programs like Medicaid and food stamps to meet their family’s basic needs. Those inequalities have been magnified during COVID-19,” said Gina Fromer, CEO of Children’s Council of San Francisco, a resource and referral agency.
The colossal package allocates money for COVID-19 vaccines, small businesses and anti-poverty programs like the child tax credit. Here are the highlights of the bill President Biden signed Thursday.
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New York Congressman Antonio Delgado held a town hall Tuesday night on the American Rescue Plan, which was finalized in the House Wednesday. The COVID-19 relief package includes direct aid for state and local governments.
The Democratic 19th District congressman began his town hall enumerating the highlights of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package. Delgado says the plan is the most robust relief package since the CARES Act one year ago.
“Indeed, my formula would ensure that $130.2 billion, billion dollars will go to local governments all across the United States,” says Delgado. “And, as it pertains to New York-19, it would bring in over $400 million directly to our counties, our towns, our villages and our hamlets.”
The colossal package allocates money for COVID-19 vaccines, schools, small businesses and anti-poverty programs like the child tax credit. Here are the highlights, including what the Senate changed.