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Today, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ COVID relief bill, the American Rescue Plan, was officially introduced to the House Budget Committee. |
This crisis is setting women's progress back by decades, John.
Women, especially Black and brown communities, are experiencing the worst effects of the COVID-19 recession. In the last year, over 3 million women have dropped out of the workforce. We’ve been impacted the most by wage cuts, layoffs, loss of health insurance due to unemployment, and increasing child care costs.
This is why it’s absolutely critical we make sure Congress passes the American Rescue Plan. Today, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ COVID relief bill was officially introduced to the House Budget Committee and put up for debate. This bill currently includes motions to immediately increase the national minimum wage to $15, provide another round of direct cash payments, expand access to affordable child care, and provide much-needed protections for women essential workers.
Throughout this crisis, Women’s Marchers have come together to care for our families and communities when our leaders failed to. Now, we must work together to demand the relief we need and make sure no cuts are made to this bill.
From dealing with unemployment, child care, chores, virtual schooling — women all across the country are being expected to do it all — and we’re on the brink.
Kamala Harris understands how urgent this crisis is and why it’s so critical that women are centered in a COVID relief bill: “The pandemic has put decades of progress for women workers at risk. It's a national emergency that demands a national solution. The American Rescue Plan is that solution."
Passing this bill needs to be our number one priority. For almost a year now, women have been demanding a meaningful COVID relief response that matches the scale of crisis we’re currently facing. Now that Trump is out of office and Democrats have control of Congress — we have a real chance at getting that relief.
It’s going to take a massive show of grassroots support to make sure our priorities like an expansion in access to child care remain in this bill and that it passes immediately. Please add your name now to our urgent petition to Congress and join the fight to pass the American Rescue Plan.
Keep fighting,
Women’s March
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