Hi John,

Last week, Dems passed President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.

This is a huge win for Mainers, and a huge win for all Americans -- regardless of their political affiliation. That’s because the ARP includes serious provisions to help and support people who are struggling right now, through broadly popular policies like:

• Stimulus checks of up to $1,400 for over 925,500 adults & 284,500 kids in Maine - that’s 90% of all adults & 87% of all kids in our state!
• Over $400 million for our K-12 schools.
• A Child Tax Credit that will lift 10,000 Maine children out of poverty.
• Jobless benefits extended through September.
• A total of $20 billion nationally for vaccine distribution.
• 63,000 Mainers will see their monthly Marketplace health insurance premiums go down.

And that’s just scratching the surface! To help everyone get a better sense of the true scope and gravity of this bill, we are hosting a webinar TOMORROW, March 18 at 5:30pm. We’ll be featuring a number of special guests, including introductory remarks from our own Governor Janet Mills and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree!

Click here to register to watch the webinar on Zoom OR click here to RSVP to watch the Facebook livestream!

See you there,

Drew

Drew Gattine
Chair
Maine Democratic Party