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What's in the Senate's $1.9 trillion covid bill: Checks, unemployment insurance and more
It is interesting what the Senate bill replaced from the House bill, which isn’t bad.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/05/stimulus-explainer-basics-checks-unemployment-taxes-spending/
The Senate bill provides $510 million for the FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program. That money would support homeless services providers for overnight shelter, meals, one month’s rent and mortgage assistance and one month’s utility payments.
The Senate version expands the Employee Retention Tax Credit for start-up companies and other businesses hit by the pandemic
The bill also increases the value of the federal COBRA health insurance program from 85 percent to 100 percent
The bill adds a $10 billion infrastructure program to help local governments continue crucial capital projects.
The Senate version expands the Employee Retention Tax Credit for start-up companies and other businesses hit by the pandemic
The bill also increases the value of the federal COBRA health insurance program from 85 percent to 100 percent
The bill adds a $10 billion infrastructure program to help local governments continue crucial capital projects.
