House Democrats released their own stimulus plan for coronavirus tonight. It’s bigger and different than the one Mitch McConnell has had voted down twice already.
The Democratic bill was apparently leaked early today and has been, according to Politico, “circulating on K street.” (What hasn’t?)
But is it good, this bill, or is not good? I don’t know.
But here is a one page summary
House Democrats just introduced their $2.5 trillion coronavirus stimulus package.
The 1,404 page bill: https://t.co/yBZCJH8IJH
The one-page summary 👇 pic.twitter.com/Bqq6vRjfIm
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 24, 2020
And here is the entire bill, if you really need something to read.
Here are some tweets about it:
One huge difference between this and Senate GOP plan: It’s universal on the front end, which experts told me makes it easier and quicker to get out: https://t.co/4sSq9XMBtF
And it’s based on 2020 income, which accounts for COVID-19 impact; Senate plan based it on 2018 income. https://t.co/Gs0H2VTQAM
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 24, 2020
Here’s McConnell’s one: