Looks like $1,400 relief checks GOP voted against are helping economy soar
Retail sales surged in March as millions of Americans received $1,400 checks through the American Rescue Plan.
By Emily Singer - April 15, 2021Retail sales surged in March as millions of Americans received $1,400 checks through the American Rescue Plan.
By Emily Singer - April 15, 2021The measure ultimately passed by a margin of 384-38.
By Josh Israel - April 14, 2021Americans for Prosperity is thanking Republicans for voting against the wildly popular American Rescue Plan.
By Josh Israel - April 13, 2021Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell credits mass vaccination and relief bills.
By Josh Israel - April 12, 2021And they are demanding similar cuts to the infrastructure package now.
By Josh Israel - April 08, 2021Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 have broken records since Joe Biden took office.
By Emily Singer - April 02, 2021A new poll finds that voters aren’t buying what Republicans are selling.
By Donna Provencher - March 26, 2021Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is including her opposition in reelection messaging — but hasn’t turned down her state’s share of the money.
By Josh Israel - March 26, 2021Rep. Kevin McCarthy voted against the COVID relief plan, which provides funding to make it possible for schools to safely return to in-person instruction.
By Josh Israel - March 25, 2021Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says, ‘the recovery is far from complete.’
By Donna Provencher - March 25, 2021The American Rescue Program provides federal funds for rental and housing assistance.
By Donna Provencher - March 22, 2021They voted against a fix that would prevent automatic cuts to Medicare and other programs.
By Josh Israel - March 19, 2021A lawsuit filed by the state notes that the $5.5 billion it would get fills a ‘large and urgent need in Ohio’s budget.’
By Josh Israel - March 19, 2021House Republicans ridiculed the relief funds support for the hard-hit sector as a ‘liberal handout.’
By Josh Israel - March 18, 2021Gov. Chris Sununu railed against the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan as an ‘outrageous’ bailout for other states.
By Josh Israel - March 17, 2021They say the COVID relief package Biden just signed is an ‘unprecedented and unconstitutional’ limit on states’ authority to pass massive tax cuts for the rich and corporations.
By Josh Israel - March 17, 2021Madison Cawthorn voted against the relief bill meant to help millions of ordinary Americans.
By Josh Israel - March 16, 2021Individual states are pushing for legislation to raise state minimum wages after congressional efforts to raise the federal floor have stalled.
By Donna Provencher - March 16, 2021Polls show 75% of Americans back the plan.
By Josh Israel - March 16, 2021They’re silent on whether they will support a Democratic-sponsored bill to avoid slashing the program.
By Josh Israel - March 15, 2021Congressional Republicans are having trouble accepting that the $1.9 trillion plan is way more popular than they are.
By Josh Israel - March 15, 2021House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told this blatant lie in his quest to gin up opposition to Joe Biden’s popular coronavirus relief package.
By Emily Singer - March 15, 2021‘Accessing health services for 12 months postpartum is essential for maternal health,’ Nan Strauss of Every Mother Counts said.
By Donna Provencher - March 15, 2021The American Rescue Plan authorizes the treasury secretary to enforce the law’s restrictions.
By Josh Israel - March 12, 2021Polls show Americans know what’s in the American Rescue Plan and like it.
By Josh Israel - March 12, 2021Despite Republican claims to the contrary, a Reuters analysis found that red states disproportionately benefit from the American Rescue Plan.
By Donna Provencher - March 11, 2021‘This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country,’ Biden said as he signed the bill.
By Associated Press - March 11, 2021Republican leaders are predicting a big ‘boom,’ but they don’t want Joe Biden to get any praise for it.
By Josh Israel - March 11, 2021The Florida Republican called it a ‘simple and common sense request.’
By Josh Israel - March 11, 2021Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) bragged that he got a provision into the relief bill that helps restaurants — even though he voted against the legislation.
By Emily Singer - March 11, 2021