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March 11, 2021
This week in money-in-politics
Healthcare interests, restaurants among COVID relief bill winners
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The House passed Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill along party lines Wednesday and President Joe Biden signed the massive spending package Thursday.
The 628-page bill will provide $1,400 stimulus checks, extend expanded unemployment benefits through September and send $350 billion to state, local and tribal governments, among other provisions. While many interest groups felt they missed out on crucial aid in Biden’s relief package, a handful of industries scored huge wins, including healthcare industry giants.
The bill allocates $34 billion to expand health insurance subsidies through the Affordable Care Act. It will also help subsidize health insurance premiums for workers who lose their jobs. Those measures are expected to help millions of Americans pay for health insurance.
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** Biden gears up to push behemoth infrastructure plan
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As President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill heads to his desk this week, his administration is preparing to introduce a massive infrastructure relief bill sometime this month. During the 2020 election, Biden ran on his Build Back Better plan that promises to create “the jobs we need to build a modern, sustainable infrastructure now and deliver an equitable clean energy future.” While the plan is priced at around $2 trillion dollars, the White House has not yet decided on the package’s exact size. The recent snowstorm in Texas that left millions without power and dozens dead highlighted the need for an infrastructure overhaul, some say. But the United States’ crumbling infrastructure has long been a pressing national issue. Recent Biden hires suggest that the president is gearing up to tackle infrastructure issues.
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** Trump battles GOP establishment over coveted small donors
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Former President Donald Trump is telling key Republican Party committees to stop using his likeness to raise money, escalating his attacks on the GOP as he attempts to purge his critics from the party. Trump told the top three GOP fundraising committees — the Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee and National Republican Congressional Committee — to stop using his name in fundraising appeals and on merchandise, Politico reported. Trump later said he would allow the RNC to keep using his name, but not the congressional groups, Bloomberg reported. That change came after the RNC reportedly moved the location of an upcoming fundraising event to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club.
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** Biden nominee’s confirmation fight fueled by dueling ‘dark money’ groups
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The 2020 election and inauguration of a new president have passed but the “dark money” war is far from over as opaque nonprofits pour millions into the fight surrounding confirmation of President Joe Biden’s nominees. Vanita Gupta, President Biden’s pick for associate attorney general, is scheduled to face the Senate Judiciary Committee in a confirmation hearing on March 9, and she’s become a prime target for secretly funded groups. One $800,000 ad campaign accuses Gupta of supporting the “defund the police” movement. It’s paid for by the Judicial Crisis Network, a 501(c)(4) that does not disclose its donors. Gupta, who served as head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division under President Barack Obama, has said she never supported defunding the police.
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* ** After Khashoggi murder, Saudi Arabia shifts lobbying firepower to 'middle America' with women's rights message (USA Today) ([link removed])
As Saudi Arabia's influence on Capitol Hill and around the country began to evaporate as the gruesome details of the Washington Post columnist's slaying emerged, the kingdom pivoted and formed a new lobbying strategy in the U.S.
* ** Daines places hold on nominee for interior secretary (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) ([link removed])
Montana Sen. Steve Daines, who has benefitted greatly from oil and gas industry spending, joined Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis in placing a hold on the confirmation of Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior.
* ** Unions Notch Win With House Passage of Bill Opposed by Uber, Lyft (The Wall Street Journal) ([link removed])
Backers say the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act, would be a major advancement in employee rights following recent setbacks for organized labor and diminished union membership.
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