Previous COVID-19 pandemic legislation įurther information: U.S. According to Snopes, Biden inherited a vaccine distribution strategy from Trump, and disease expert Anthony Fauci said that his administration would incorporate some aspects of that Trump-era strategy in its ongoing work. On January 20, the day after Joe Biden was inaugurated, he warned that the death toll could exceed 500,000. Then-president Donald Trump also faced criticism for not having a federal strategy to combat the pandemic, such as nationwide mask mandates on transportation, a mass testing strategy, health guidelines, providing medical-grade protective gear, and having an effective vaccine distribution strategy. Over 30 to 40 million Americans faced a risk of being evicted from their homes by January 2021. The United States also faced eviction, unemployment, and hunger crises since the start of the pandemic. Over 29 million Americans had tested positive for COVID-19 by March. The bill was signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021, which was the first anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.įurther information: Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and COVID-19 pandemic in the United Statesīy mid-2020, the United States was facing what the National Bureau of Economic Research determined was an economic recession, and by February 2021, 500,000 Americans had died of COVID-19. The final amended bill was passed by the House on March 10 by a vote of 220–211 with one Democrat voting against it with all Republicans. A modified version passed the Senate on March 6 by a vote of 50–49. All but two Democrats voted for the bill and all Republicans voted against the bill.
The bill passed the House by a vote of 219–212 on February 27. On February 22, the House Budget Committee voted 19–16 to advance the bill to the House for a floor vote. The legislation was also approved by the Transportation and Infrastructure, Small Business, and House Veterans Affairs committees. A portion of the relief package was approved by the House Ways and Means on February 11, setting it up for a vote in the House. On February 8, 2021, the Financial Services and Education and Labor committees released a draft of $1.9 trillion stimulus legislation. The day after, Vice President Kamala Harris cast her first tie-breaking vote as vice president in order to give the Senate's approval to start the reconciliation process, with the House following suit by voting 219–209 to agree to the Senate version of the resolution. A so-called vote-a-rama session started two days later after the resolution was approved, and the Senate introduced amendments in the relief package. The House of Representatives voted 218–212 to approve its version of the budget resolution. īeginning on February 2, 2021, Democrats in the United States Senate started to open debates on a budget resolution that would allow them to pass the stimulus package through the process of reconciliation which would not require support from Republicans. First proposed on January 14, 2021, the package builds upon many of the measures in the CARES Act from March 2020 and in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, from December. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, also called the COVID-19 Stimulus Package or American Rescue Plan, is a US$1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021, to speed up the country's recovery from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing recession. Signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021.House agreed to Senate amendment on March 10, 2021 ( 220–211).Passed the Senate on March 6, 2021 ( 50–49) with amendment.Committee consideration by House Budget.
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