Urge MI Senators & Your U.S. Representative to Pass Bold COVID Relief Bill

By MUUSJN on Friday, January 29th, 2021

Call Your Michigan Senators

Senator Debbie Stabenow: 1-202-224-4822

Senator Gary Peters: 1-202-224-6221

AND

Your U.S. Representative

Click HERE to Find Your Rep’s Name and Phone #

URGE THEM To Support Pres. Biden’s COVID Relief Package That Gives More Help for Struggling Families and Communities

The COVID pandemic and the subsequent economic and health crisis it triggered is devastating families across the country. As of January 28th, 29.8 million people have contracted the COVID virus and 433,000 have died from it. President Joe Biden’s new Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellin, said that the “price of doing nothing is higher than the price of doing something big”. The Biden’s administration last week introduced a $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” to help both people and the economy to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. This includes support for mass vaccinations; state and local aid; more generous unemployment benefits, raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hour and more.

The President said he plans to negotiate with Republicans on this urgently needed spending package. However, if that doesn’t work quickly enough, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said that Democrats can use a “reconciliation” rule that allows passage of a bill with only a 50% vote (plus as vote by the Vice President). According to a January 25th article in CNBC, President Biden said negotiations will take a “couple weeks” and then he will decide whether to pass the bill without support from the other party. Based on this prediction, action on this COVID relief package it’s expected to happen in early February.

Click HERE for an outline of what’s in the plan from the January 14th New York Times.

TELL YOUR SENATORS:

  1. Support relief for families so they can keep food on the table and a roof over their head.
  2. Make sure the resources are in place so all Americans get vaccinated.
  3. Support state and local communities so they can get help to people where it’s needed.
  4. Raise the federal minimum wage, which has not increased since 2009, to $15/hour.
  5. Vote YES on the American Rescue Plan to give real relief for families and communities.

URGE OUR SENATORS TO FIGHT FOR FAMILIES IN NEED

Here’s a summary of key provisions in Biden’s COVID relief bill:

  • A NATIONAL VACCINATION PROGRAM: to contain COVID 19 and safely reopen schools;
  • DELIVER IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO WORKING FAMILIES: $1,400/person checks; housing and nutrition assistance; increase access to health care, paid leave and child care; raise the minimum wage to $15/hour; and extend unemployment insurance;
  • SUPPORT COMMUNITIES: Support hardest hit small businesses; protect the jobs of first responders, transit workers and other essential workers we depend upon.

Click HERE for more information about the Biden American Rescue Plan.

PLEASE CALL OUR SENATORS & YOUR REPRESENTATIVE


(See phone numbers & talking points at the top of this alert.)

Urge them to fight for Michigan families who are struggling to keep food on their tables and a roof over their heads. Urge them to make sure our state and communities have what they need to fight the COVID virus, to protect teachers and other front line workers who are helping all of us. Honor the 29.8 million people who’ve gotten sick from COVID and the 433,000 Americans who died from it.

CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TODAY.

LEAVE A MESSAGE ON THEIR PHONES.

URGE THEM TO ADOPT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN!
THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION!

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