Posted on 05/16/2020 7:18:52 AM PDT by rktman
Dear San Franciscan,
Today, the House passed H.R. 6800, the Heroes Act to support our frontline workers who risk their lives to save lives, pursue a science-based path to safely open our economy and put money in the pockets of America’s workers and families.
House Democrats have committed to protecting the lives and livelihoods of the American people and the life of our democracy in responding to the pandemic and the economic catastrophe that has followed. Here's what is included in the Heroes Act:
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Honoring Our Heroes: Provides nearly $1 trillion to state, local, territorial, and tribal governments, including $1.8 billion for San Francisco, who desperately need funds to pay vital workers like first responders, health workers, and teachers who keep us safe and are in danger of losing their jobs.
A Heroes’ Fund for Essential Workers: Establishes a $200 billion Heroes’ fund to ensure that essential workers who have risked their lives working during the pandemic receive hazard pay. The bill authorizes eligibility for medical benefits, lost wages and survivor benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act. Health care practitioners in California will also now be eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
Testing, Tracing, and Treatment: Provides another $75 billion for coronavirus testing, contact tracing and isolation measures, ensures every American can access free coronavirus treatment, and supports hospitals and providers.
More Direct Payments: Cushions the economic blow of the coronavirus crisis with a second round of more substantial economic impact payments of $1,200 per family member, up to $6,000 per household.
Protects Payrolls: Enhances the new employee retention tax credit that encourages employers to keep employees on payroll, allowing 60 million Americans to remain connected to their paychecks and benefits.
Worker Safety: Requires OSHA to issue a strong, enforceable standard within seven days to require all workplaces to develop and implement infection control plans based on CDC expertise, and prevents employers from retaliating against workers who report infection control problems.
Supports Small Businesses and Nonprofits: Strengthens the Payroll Protection Program to ensure that it reaches underserved communities, nonprofits of all sizes and types and responds flexibly to small businesses by providing $10 billion for COVID-19 emergency grants through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.
Preserves Health Coverage: Protects Americans losing their employer-provided health insurance with COBRA subsidies to maintain their coverage and creates a special enrollment period in the ACA exchanges for uninsured Americans.
Extends Unemployment Benefits: Extends weekly $600 federal unemployment payments through next January, providing a vital safety net for the record number of Americans who are unemployed.
Housing Assistance: Helps struggling families afford a safe place to live with $175 billion in new supports to assist renters and homeowners make monthly rent, mortgage and utility payments and other housing-related costs. Another $11.5 billion will be provided for Emergency Solutions Grants to address the impact of coronavirus among individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Food Security: Addresses rising hunger with a 15 percent increase to the maximum SNAP benefit and additional funding for nutrition programs that help families put food on the table.
Safeguards for Our Democracy: Includes new resources to ensure an accurate Census, preserve the Postal Service, and protect our elections. California will receive $330 million in Election Assistance Grants.
We have a responsibility to do what is necessary to protect the health and well-being of all of our communities. With the Heroes Act, House Democrats are delivering the relief that is urgently needed during this crisis.
Heroes?
Sounds like a YUGE slush fund to fill up their lackeys coffer fund.
Well, the turtle proclaimed it will be DOA when it gets to the senate. We shall see.
Not merely a slush fund, the idea is to totally overwhelm the financial stability of the entire Federal government. This is Cloward-Piven on steroids, far beyond the dreams of avarice its practitioners had only a few years ago. Back then, they just bankrupted and devastated cities.
Now they are going after the whole damned country.
I agree 100%.
CP on steroids.
I don’t see congress giving up their paychecks to help any citizen. Those idiots aren’t even going to work and they still get paid. I heard last night their excuse is they CAN’T travel! Can’t we charter a plane or take one from the government fleet of planes - put them all on one and head out over the ocean with 1/4 full tanks? Either East or West Coast - no matter! As long as there’s no land in sight.
House and Senate pay is the same at $174,000.00 per year - except for Speaker and Senate Pro Tem and House and Senate minority and majority leaders. Add in all their office budgets and other perks we taxpayers are kind enough to give to them and it could be distributed to those they care SO MUCH ABOUT!
NO MONEY TO STATES OR CITIES!!! They created their own mess - let them figure it out.
“”There are a few exceptions to the average pay. The speaker of the house salary is $223,500. The salary of the president pro tempore of the Senate is $193,400, which is also the salary for the majority and minority leaders of the both the House of Representatives and the Senate.””
CONgress. Making dumbasses into millionaires for decades. Of course when I screw up financially, I know all my neighbors will bail me out. Or not.
You’d get mighty tired of waiting for your neighbors or even relatives to bail you out...Friends? Maybe!
We have been taught a valuable lesson. I’ve been voting for 60+ years and am just now learning how rotten and corrupt DC is.
Did I see a headline right a bit ago - that Judge Sullivan is asking Holder’s firm to second guess what he should be doing about Flynn? That’s the firm that represented Flynn in the beginning. I don’t understand. I cannot learn who on earth recommended that firm to Flynn except to sabotage him...Now if this doesn’t stink to high heaven, nothing does or ever will!
Every day everything I believe is just reinforced over and over.
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