Friends,
A new unemployment report found that about 12 million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits, their only source of income, before December ends -- all while Congress fails to act.
Millions of Americans have lost their jobs in a pandemic that has thrown our country into an economic crisis. Expiring unemployment benefits will leave already struggling families without the resources they need to afford basic necessities like food and housing -- right before the eviction moratoriums expire.
Economic experts have urged Congress to act -- but their pleas are falling on deaf ears in the Senate.
While Democrats have already passed two versions of a stimulus bill that includes weekly unemployment benefits, Mitch McConnell’s Republican Senate has blocked their efforts, calling to instead reduce unemployment benefits.
We’re tired of Republicans playing with American lives. Working families deserve expansive economic relief -- especially given that Republicans have had no issue bailing out Big Business during the pandemic. We demand Congress act now, before the crisis intensifies further. But today, we need to know where you stand:
Do you support an expansive stimulus package?
Thank you for speaking out,
