Democrats’ Stimulus, H.R. 1 & Opening Schools
Democrats’ $1.9 Trillion Stimulus
- Democrats’ massive stimulus bill has very little to do with COVID relief.
- Biden’s $1.9 trillion bill puts a greater emphasis on fulfilling political goals of the left than it does helping small businesses and American families.
- An analysis by the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget found that more than 15% of the proposed package — about $300 billion — will go toward long-standing policy priorities that are “not directly related to the current crisis.”
- Only 9% of the nearly $2 trillion package goes to COVID relief.
- Only 1% of the spending will go toward accelerating vaccine distribution.
- Just 5% is focused on public health needs.
- The bill also requests an additional $130 billion in funding for schools. As much as $63 billion in funds remains unspent from previously passed legislation.
- Over 15% of the nearly $2 trillion package will go to longstanding policy priorities unrelated to COVID.
- The Democrats’ bill is full of earmarks that have nothing to do with COVID relief.
- $135 million for the National Endowment for the Arts
- Another $135 million earmarked for the National Endowment for the Humanities
- $200 million for the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences
- Over $100 million for a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) expansion project just outside of Nancy Pelosi’s district in San Francisco.
- Any new relief funding should be targeted, temporary, and tied directly to COVID relief.
H.R. 1: Democrats’ Latest Power Grab
- H.R. 1 is an attempt by Democrats to federalize elections and weaponize the Federal Election Commission, even in the midst of a pandemic.
- Democrats’ bill, H.R. 1, would implement unconstitutional federal standards mandating “national rules” they have long desired.
- H.R. 1 would transform the Federal Election Commission (FEC) into a partisan 5-member organization under control of the White House.
- The bill promises to expand flawed vote by mail systems Democrats pushed during the 2020 Presidential election.
- Election officials say fraud in voting by mail is “vastly more prevalent than the in-person voting fraud.”
- Election integrity is one of the most critical issues we face as a Party and as a country. We must ensure Americans have confidence in our elections.
- In 2020, the RNC ran its most comprehensive legal strategy to date, spending more than $30 million on election protection efforts in battleground states across the country.
- The new RNC Committee on Election Integrity will play a crucial role in restoring confidence in our elections, promoting election integrity, and recommending best practices to ensure that future elections are free, fair, and transparent.
- RNC Research: Democrats’ Latest Power Grab
Opening Schools
- It’s become increasingly clear, Joe Biden had no plan to safely get students back in the classroom on Day One.
- Joe Biden is letting 25,000 asylum seekers into the U.S. all before getting our children back in schools.
- The science supports getting students back into the classroom and we should put our students first.
- Biden’s own CDC Director has said closing the schools does not actually reduce transmission rates: “there is more spread that is happening in the community when schools are not open than when schools are open”
- The CDC Director also noted it’s possible to safely open schools without all teachers being vaccinated.
- Biden’s stimulus bill is not about reopening schools.
- It only has $6 billion to reopen schools in FY2021. The rest of the funding wouldn’t be spent for years, after 100% of Americans are vaccinated.
- Remote learning is devastating working parents, especially moms.
- Under President Trump, more than half of the jobs created went to women, but Biden’s refusal to reopen schools is forcing women out of the workforce.
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