Last week, President Joe Biden submitted a robust $1.52 trillion budget to Congress with major increases for health, education, labor, housing and transportation and to promote equity overall.

As American Rescue Plan funds are distributed, we will continue to provide updates about how this aid benefits AFSCME members. Also, the House today passed the Medicare PAYGO Waiver (H.R. 1868) by a vote of 246 to 175.

With only Democratic votes, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Senate’s changes to the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill to jumpstart the economy, distribute the vaccine and help families.

Senate approves American Rescue Plan, House poised to approve changes.

With only Democratic votes, the House of Representatives approved the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan for COVID relief with $350 billion in aid for states, counties, cities and towns.

The full U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the American Rescue Plan the week of February 22, and the Senate will vote soon afterward.

This week the House drafted pieces of the COVID aid package to include President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.

Democrats in the House and Senate took the first steps this week to push through President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan and avoid Republican stonewalling in the Senate.

Bipartisan discussions on COVID aid continue as Congress gears up for votes next week to advance this aid, and President Joe Biden continues executive actions to provide immediate help.

On Day One, President Joe Biden issued executive orders to jumpstart an aggressive COVID plan, including an emergency OSHA standard to protect workers and increase vaccine and protective equipment production by using the Defense Production Act.