post is wrong like one sentence in. it DID have relief for states. and not only that, but the new bill has liability protection. thats happening now no matter what
fukking idiot
You stupid fukker, the first two bills had either no aid or extremely small amounts for states/local governments. And yes, every bill they put forth had liability protections. The Dems wanted $1 trillion for states, the Republicans wanted zero direct aid for states. Then they offered $300 billion. Now they're offering $160 billion. The Republicans went down every time they negotiated like this was Shark Tank and not people's lives they were dealing with. The only time they went up to $1.8 trillion (in total) was in the fall before the Election. Now they're back down to $900 billion
You stay lying and hope no one fact checks you. Let's go over the timeline
May 2020
HEROES Act is passed by House. Included one-time $1,200 checks, $600 weekly payments,
$1 trillion for states and local governments, hazard payments for at-risk workers, expanded eviction moratoriums.
Worth $3 trillion in total.
McConnell calls it a catalog of left-wing oddities. Republicans said bill was dead on arrival.
The entire bill here:
Text - H.R.6800 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): The Heroes Act
Summary of bill here:
What's in the $3 Trillion HEROES Act?
July 2020
Republicans put forth the HEALS Act. Worth $1 trillion. Included $1,200 checks. Included $600 weekly checks until July 31st, then $200 checks until October 5th, and then 70% of lost wages until December 31st. Did NOT call for an extension of the federal eviction moratorium
How the HEALS Act compares to the HEROES Act
No direct aid was included for state and local governments
What’s in the Senate’s relief bill for state and local tech? Nothing, yet | StateScoop
The Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools, or HEALS, Act from McConnell, R-Ky.,
was not expected to include state and local assistance on top of the $150 billion Congress appropriated in the March relief package. It instead focused on trimmed-down unemployment benefits, money for schools that resume in-person classes and liability protection for employers.
Local governments are feeling just as squeezed. The National Association of Counties said last week that its members face a collective shortfall of $202 billion.
City leaders were also exasperated to see that the HEALS Act contains no state or local assistance. On a conference call Tuesday, Dayton, Ohio, Mayor Nan Whaley said that the financial crisis facing cities has only increased since April, when groups of state and local officials asked Congress for another round of aid.
Late July to August 2020
Benefit for $600 weekly checks expire.
Republicans go on summer recess without a care in the world.
September 2020
Republicans issue another bill, this time, cutting it to $500 billion from $1 trillion
This bill once more did not have funding for states and local governments
https://www.businessinsider.com/gop...fails-move-ahead-vote-against-democrats-2020-
The defeated GOP stimulus plan would have granted a $300 federal supplement to state unemployment benefits to replace the $600 weekly benefit that expired at the end of July for millions of unemployed Americans.
It also contained provisions to distribute another round of small business aid, $105 billion to help schools reopen, a liability shield for businesses to guard them from coronavirus-related lawsuits, and additional public health funding.
The legislation, however, omitted direct payments and aid to cash-strapped states and local governments, both measures included in a $3.4 trillion economic spending package that House Democrats passed in May.
October 2020
House passes a $2.2 trillion bill, compromising with Republicans.
- Restore weekly enhanced unemployment benefits to $600.
- Extend the small business Paycheck Protection Program, which expired in early August.
- Allocate $28 billion for a vaccine, and $2 billion for more personal protective equipment for industries significantly impacted by COVID.
- Increase federal spending on Medicaid.
- Expand the employee retention tax credit.
- Provide $436 billion for state and local governments and a 15% increase in food-stamp benefits.
- Provide another round of $1,200 direct payments to Americans.
- Increase funding for schools, airlines workers and COVID testing.
Repubs and Dems fight over how much aid to give to states.
Trump raises coronavirus stimulus offer to $1.8 trillion, then says he wants bigger bill than Dems or GOP
To find a deal, Republicans and Democrats would have to
quickly resolve several issues that have seemed intractable throughout months of fruitless talks. Pelosi has insisted on at least $436 billion in relief for cash-crunched state and local governments, while Trump has resisted sending them more than the $150 billion they received earlier this year.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/10/09/trump-economic-stimulus-pelosi/
The figure for states and cities, first reported by Politico, is still significantly lower than Democrats had been seeking.
That issue has been a long-running point of contention between the two sides, with Republicans claiming Democrats are trying to “bail out” blue states, a claim that angers Democrats, especially since many Republican governors also are seeking additional federal aid.
Republicans offered a $1.8 trillion counter to House Bill.
Less aid for states. Still included liability protections for businesses.
- $1,200 direct payments to adults plus $1,000 for each dependent child.
- $400 weekly federal unemployment benefits (end date unclear).
- $300 billion in aid to state and local governments.
- $75 billion for coronavirus testing and tracing
- liability protections for businesses
Today
Stimulus update: What the bipartisan senators' $900 billion package does and doesn't include
For starters, the bill sets aside $180 billion to pay out
weekly $300 enhanced unemployment benefits, which would be paid on top of state benefits. That would replace the weekly $600 enhanced unemployment benefits which expired in late July. In addition, the package would include $82 billion for education, $45 billion for transportation such as airlines, and $25 billion in housing assistance.
The stimulus deal would also include $160 billion in state and local government funding—well under the
roughly $900 billion House Democrats had been seeking— and $288 billion in small business funding for the Paycheck Protection Program. The biggest item left out: Another round of $1,200 stimulus checks.
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Earlier, Sen. Joe Manchin, a centrist Democrat from West Virginia, pushed the more than $900 billion measure that includes $180 billion in additional unemployment insurance that would provide an extra $300 weekly benefit for 18 weeks; $288 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program to assist small businesses; $16 billion for testing, vaccine development and distribution; $45 billion for airlines and mass transit; an extension of existing student loan payment deferrals and rental housing assistance; and
a new liability provision to block pandemic-related lawsuits temporarily with the intent to give individual states time to develop their own legal response, among others.
The liability provision is a clear overture to McConnell, R-Ky., who has said he will not bring a bill to the floor that does not include liability protections for businesses, health care providers and schools.
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