The Democratic Party’s official Twitter account sparked backlash on Saturday after he tweeted that President Biden will “build on the $ 600 down payment that Congress paid last year, sending an additional $ 1,400 to households across America. , which equates to direct payments of up to $ 2,000 per person ”.
Critics of the tweet argue that it contradicts Biden’s promise that a separate $ 2,000 stimulus check will “go straight out the door to help those in real trouble” if Georgia voters vote for the newly elected Democratic. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in the second national election earlier this month.
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Some responded directly to the tweet, including a user who accused the party and put Biden in the spotlight of “the people who trusted you and voted for you”, while another shared and wrote, “Good luck in the meantime with this one. incredible strategy. “
Others expressed anger at the alleged pivot with #BidenLied, including podcast host Ryan Knight.
“The saddest thing about all of this is that even Donald Trump gave us $ 1800 ($ 1200 + $ 600) in emergency checks last year and@JoeBiden “is trying to get away by breaking his $ 2,000 check pledge and giving us only $ 1,400 checks,” Knight wrote. “Biden gives us less than Trump.”
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According to Biden’s $ 1.9 trillion ‘American Rescue Plan’ revealed last week, individuals eligible for the $ 1,400 one-time stimulus check will also include adult dependents previously excluded from receiving the money, including students. and persons with disabilities.
It will also include mixed-immigrant households that were left out of the original $ 1,200 stimulus payment, which was approved under the CARES law in March, because they did not have Social Security numbers.
The plan also offers $ 400 per week in additional unemployment assistance, a temporary, fully refundable tax credit extension, rental assistance, an eviction moratorium until September 2021, a minimum wage increase, paid emergency leave, small business assistance, $ 350 billion in assistance to local and state governments. , aid for the hungry and $ 20 billion in funding for vaccine distribution.
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Democratic leadership said last weekend they would start pushing to approve the plan next week.
“The Senate will begin considering a very strong COVID bill next week,” said Senate leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y.,. “We need quick recovery and rescue. Alarm bells ring everywhere you look. ‘
While many Republican lawmakers believe that another aid package is needed to spur the recovery of the economy, some have criticized the magnitude of Biden’s proposal as too costly.
Instead, a group of Republicans put forward a $ 600 billion proposal, including $ 160 billion for vaccines, personal protective equipment, support for health care providers, $ 4 billion for behavioral health and substance abuse services, and $ 20 billion for schools, as well as an extension of improved federal unemployment benefits and “additional resources” to the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program to help small businesses and their employees.
The group said they would release additional details on Monday.
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The Biden government proposal is unlikely to meet the 60-vote threshold required to pass the Senate without Democrats relying on budget reconciliation.
The Biden government has not ruled out the possibility of using reconciliation to implement the measure. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters last week that “we are not going to get any tools off the table.”
According to Johns Hopkins University, COVID-19 has infected more than 26 million Americans and killed more than 441,000 Americans since March. Lockdown measures taken across the country to stop the spread of the virus have cost millions of Americans their jobs.
Fox Business’s Megan Henney contributed to this report