Urge Your U.S. Senator to Vote for the HEROES Bill that Extends a Lifeline to Vulnerable Families

By MUUSJN on Monday, May 25th, 2020

Call Our Michigan Senators:

Sen. Gary Peters: 202-224-6221

Sen.Debbie Stabenow: 202-224-4822

TELL OUR SENATORS:

  1. The House passed the $3 trillion HEROES Act that includes a wide range of essential support for state and local governments, health care, direct aid to families who need it most, unemployment assistance, food and housing support, protections for our post office and the ability to vote by mail;
  2. The country is on the verge of a depression. Leading economist are telling our leaders that our federal government must provide trillions of additional stimulus. However, the Senate Majority seems to be stalling on taking action on this important issue;
  3. Urge our Michigan Senators to be CHAMPIONS for passage of a major relief bill that reflects the important issues addressed in the U.S. House’s HEROES Act.

URGE SENATORS TO BE CHAMPIONS FOR THE HEROES ACTIT EXTENDS A LIFELINE TO FAMILIES IN NEED

More than 36 million U.S. workers have lost their jobs during the COVID-19 crisis. The loss of jobs is dramatically increasing poverty and leaving families on the brink of hunger and homelessness.

The country is on the verge of a depression. Leading economist are telling our leaders that our federal government must provide trillions of additional stimulus. However, the Senate Majority seems to be stalling on taking action on this important issue. Action is not expected until after Memorial Day. Jerome Powell, a conservative Chair of the Federal Reserve, advised Congress and the White House on May 24th that the economy needs more fiscal relief to battle the country’s economic downturn.

On May 15th, the U.S. House passed H.R. 6800, the $3 trillion HEREOS (Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions) Act. This Act includes provisions that help vulnerable families:

  1. Extends payments and other assistance to state and local governments;
  2. Provides additional individual direct payments up to $1,200/person;
  3. Expands paid sick days, family and medical leave, unemployment compensation, food assistance, and housing;
  4. Extends grants to employers to pay additional wages to essential workers;
  5. Funds COVID-19 testing and tracing and eliminates co-pays for treatments;
  6. Extends a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures;
  7. Requires employers to develop and implement infectious disease control plans;
  8. Expands assistance to prisons;
  9. Provides $25 billion to assure that the U.S. Postal service does not run out of funds; and
  10. Provides election assistance grants to plan for voting contingencies during the pandemic.

A previous CARES Act covid relief bill included $250 billion in tax breaks for millionaire business owners. We must urge our elected officials to fight to ensure that the Senate passes a bill that delivers effective aid to people, not more tax giveaways for the wealthy and corporations.


TIME FOR ACTION! PLEASE CALL our Senators after Memorial Day, the day we honor our fallen war heroes. Now we must honor the almost 100,000 Americans who have fallen from COVID-19, many of whom include our grandparents in long term care facilities. See phone number and talking points listed at the top of this action alert. Urge our Senators to fight for us!!

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