John,

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are surging across the
country, along with poverty and homelessness rates.

But with aid programs for renters and jobless Americans expiring at the
end of the month, momentum is finally building for a bipartisan COVID
relief package.

However, the proposal does NOT include a new round of stimulus checks,
even though directly giving people money is the best way to immediately
address their economic needs.

[ [link removed] ]Please sign now to demand Congress include direct payments to people
and families in upcoming COVID relief legislation.

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Our communities cannot wait for immediate, direct relief. Nearly 800,000
people are applying for unemployment each week. And as with the public
health crisis, our economic crisis is hitting Black and brown communities
especially hard.

More than 120 economists have pushed for another round of checks, noting
that direct cash payments are "one of the quickest, most equitable, and
most effective ways to get families and the economy back on track."

Since April, Republicans in the Senate have blocked the many COVID relief
bills that Democrats have passed in the House to address these connected
crises. Throughout this pandemic, our government has failed to protect the
people who call this country home.

But finally, Congressmembers are working toward an agreement that could
actually pass the Senate!

It’s not nearly enough, but we can go bigger in January once a new
president and Congress are sworn in. For right now, we’re limited to what
already has bipartisan support—which includes stimulus checks.

Right now, the proposed plan includes a limited extension of federal
unemployment assistance, a continued pause on student loan payments, some
eviction protections, funding for COVID testing and vaccine distribution,
and funding for businesses, schools, and state and local governments.

[ [link removed] ]Together, we can and we must demand that the proposed COVID relief
package include stimulus checks to directly support people in need. Please
sign now!

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Thank you so much. I hope that you and your family are staying healthy and
safe, and I’m grateful to have you by my side as we fight for the urgent
changes our communities desperately need.

Always serving you,

— Rashida

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
U.S. House of Representatives




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