All indications are President Joe Biden will sign massive legislation to spur the federal response to COVID-19 at some point this week.
The $1.9 trillion bill narrowly passed in the Senate on Saturday. It was already passed in the House but now has to go back there because the legislation was amended.
Kansas Senators Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran voted against the bill. Following Saturday’s vote, Marshall said the bill is not nearly targeted enough to the task at hand — saying the bill is “full of so much pork it’s dripping grease.”
Before the vote, Moran spoke on KVOE’s Morning Show on Friday to give his thoughts on the bill’s impact. He agrees with Marshall, especially with a lot of money from last year’s stimulus packages still unspent.
The plan is set to send $,1400 stimulus checks directly to Americans making $75,000 or less individually or $150,000 for couples as well as provide $130 billion to reopen schools and add $160 billion for COVID-19 vaccinations and testing. Another $350 billion is designated for states, cities, tribal governments and US territories. It also extends the existing $300 weekly unemployment benefit through Sept. 6 and gives a tax break on $10,000 in unemployment benefits.
