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CNN: Congressional Republicans Risk Backlash for Opposing COVID-19 Relief
February 25, 2021
A bipartisan majority of Americans – including 60 percent of Republicans – support President Biden’s plan to provide survival checks to struggling Americans, create 10 million jobs, and get local leaders the resources they need to re-open schools. But House Republicans don’t seem to care.
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House Dems Fight for COVID Relief; House Republicans Fight Over CPAC
February 24, 2021
With millions of Americans demanding vaccines, direct relief checks and resources to get schools open safely, House Democrats are moving forward with the American Rescue Plan while House Republicans are laser-focused on… CPAC?
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300+ Small Business Leaders Call the American Rescue Plan ‘Big, Bold Relief We Need to Save Main Street’
February 24, 2021
Hundreds of small business owners and local economic leaders, including 30 Chamber of Commerce Representatives, released a letter this week expressing their support for the American Rescue Plan, calling it “the big, bold relief we need to save Main Street.”
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Scalise Urges House Republicans to Block Vaccine Money As He Promotes Anti-Vaxxers
February 22, 2021

Less than one week after urging House Republicans to block $160 billion in funding for vaccines to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Minority Whip Steve Scalise is using his position to elevate Republicans who have publicly urged Americans not to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

Scalise is scheduled to lead a CPAC panel with Wayne Dupree, a Republican activist who has repeatedly cast doubt on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and encouraged Americans not to take it.

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New York Times: Republicans Struggle to Attack Survival Checks, Economic Relief for Struggling Families
February 20, 2021
A bipartisan majority of Americans support Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan to provide relief to provide survival checks, get schools re-opened, and create 10 million new jobs.
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GOP Whips Against Survival Checks, Economic Relief for Families
February 19, 2021
With millions of Americans unemployed and demanding relief to reopen schools and get people back to work, House Republican leadership is demanding its members vote against a bipartisan plan to help struggling Americans.
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Coronavirus Relief Checks Boosted Economy, Republicans Want to Stop it From Happening Again
February 17, 2021

After months of troubling economic reports, January finally saw a glimmer of hope: a surge in retail sales as a result of the $600 direct payments to the American people. These strong retail numbers prove once again that direct payments not only provide urgently-needed relief, they also boost our economy.

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CBS News: 83 Percent of Americans Support More COVID-19 Relief From Congress
February 10, 2021
Five days after House Republicans voted in lockstep to block COVID-19 relief aid backed by economists from both sides of the aisle, CBS News released new data showing a bipartisan majority of 83 percent of Americans support passing new COVID-19 relief.
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Millions of Americans Are Unemployed. McCarthy Wants Them To Stay That Way
February 9, 2021
Four days after House Republicans voted in lockstep to block COVID-19 relief aid backed by economists from both sides of the aisle, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy admitted that House Republicans are counting on a bad economy to help them politically.
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Kevin McCarthy (Q-Ca) Tests Theory that Any Press is Good Press
February 6, 2021
This week, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Q-CA) fully welcomed an unapologetic anti-Semitic, shooting survivor-harassing, 9/11 Truther into the House Republican Conference.