Senate Fails to Act, States at Risk of Losing Essential Public Services
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30 Jul Senate Fails to Act, States at Risk of Losing Essential Public Services

Posted at 13:36h in Coronavirus, Legislative News, Take Action by

After months of delay, Senate Republicans have revealed a “bill” that spectacularly fails to meet the moment. It does nothing to address state and local budget crises and our cratering economy. As COVID cases spike and unemployment remains high, we need Senate Republicans to stop delaying and immediately turn to the crisis at hand. They cannot leave Washington again until the next relief package includes at least $1 trillion in federal aid to our states, cities, towns and school districts.

Experts and voters on both sides of the aisle agree that state and local aid is essential for beating the virus and getting our economy back on track.

Without this aid, there will be continued cuts to essential public services, and the public service workers who are needed to beat the pandemic and reopen the economy will be laid off in large numbers.

Yesterday, the Republican-controlled Senate and White House rolled out the HEALS Act, which not only guts Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits for millions of unemployed workers, but also completely overlooks critical federal aid to state and local governments. 

Call 1-888-981-9704 to tell your senator to provide immediate aid to states, cities, counties and schools. As cases spike across the country, our communities can’t afford any more delays. We need to save our public services

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