Progressives Hail Biden Stimulus Bill Wins, Despite Compromises

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Progressive lawmakers are praising their priorities included in the American Rescue Plan, which successfully made it through the Senate, despite some compromises and the removal of an increase to the federal minimum wage.

The final Senate version of the massive $1.9 trillion bill, which passed in the upper chamber of Congress on Saturday, made some notable modifications to the House version approved in late February. These tweaks—which included removing the Raise the Wage Act to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, limiting the number of Americans eligible to receive $1,400 stimulus checks and lower federal unemployment payments ($300 per week instead of $400)—frustrated progressives and drew significant criticism.

Now that the final version of the bill is expected to pass in the House on Wednesday, with polling showing wide bipartisan support among voters, progressive leaders are praising the overall package.

"That's right. We're putting money directly into people's pockets—not in the pockets of billionaires and massive corporations," Representative Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), tweeted on Tuesday. The Washington Democrat retweeted an article by CNBC that reported on a study assessing that the COVID-19 relief package "gives [a] bigger boost to lower-income Americans than Trump [2017] tax cuts."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/progressives-hail-biden-stimulus-bill-wins-despite-compromises/ar-BB1eq7h5?li=BBnb7Kz

[abqtommy]

1. I much prefer compromise over capitulation. I trust Joe and his crew to know just how

to achieve all our goals. Which includes expelling all insurrectionists from our government,
at least for me.

[Cha]

2. Bookmarking for Future Reference!!

TY! We know it's an Excellence job from Pres Biden & the Dems!

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3. I suppose it is a good thing.

Sometimes I wonder what world these Repubs live in. Why are they always on the stingy side of things?

I am very disappointed that they couldn't have allowed $400 instead of just $300. We'll nail them on the minimum wage later, but people need money now. People need the money. Little bastardos, they don't go hungry. We PAY them to treat us like dirt.

I don't do long term nationwide economics, but I suspect none of them do, either. It's our money. I will continue to vote them out of office.