Deomocrat's $1.9Trillion Stimulus

Democrats' $1.9 Trillion Stimulus

• Democrats’ massive $1.9 trillion stimulus bill has very little to do with COVID relief and is a progressive wish list.
• Less than 10% of the nearly $2 trillion package goes to COVID relief. 
• Just 1% of the spending will go toward accelerating vaccine distribution.
• In the so-called “relief bill”, only $6 billion will be spent this fiscal year to reopen schools for America’s 50.7 million public school students.
  • Democrats’ bill won’t even require schools to reopen even though the science says they safely can.
• The Democrats’ bill is full of pork and unrelated projects that have nothing to do with COVID relief.
  • $350 billion for the blue state bailout, with funding being distributed by a formula that’s biased towards primary Democrat-run states.
  • $86 billion for a pension bailout that pre-dates COVID-19.
  • $1.7 billion for Amtrak.
  • $800 million for foreign food aid.
  • $470 million for the humanities, arts, and museums.
  • $100 million for the EPA to “address health outcome disparities from pollution.” 
  • $20 million for “language preservation.” 
  • An Obamacare expansion that subsidizes health care for wealthier families.
  • Planned Parenthood funding.
• Not included in the bill is:
  • An actual COVID plan that prioritizes relief and needed assistance.
  • Democrats rejected an amendment to block prisoners and illegal migrants from getting relief checks.
  • Democrats rejected an amendment to hold states that underreported nursing home deaths accountable.
  • Democrats failed to include the Hyde Amendment, longstanding protection to ensure taxpayer dollars are not used to fund abortion.
• Relief funding should be targeted, temporary, and tied directly to COVID relief.