The bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus (https://problemsolverscaucus-gottheimer.house.gov), led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Tom Reed (R-NY) includes around 50 House members, both Republicans and Democrats. They have proposed a US pandemic aid package that amounts to $1.5 trillion and continues unemployment aid at $450/week, increasing over time to $600/week but not to exceed a recipient’s previous wage.
Their proposal also addresses other urgent needs: “$500 billion for state and local governments, $15 billion for the U.S. Postal Service and $400 million for election assistance.” (“Frustrated lawmakers draft their own pandemic aid package,” Politico, https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/15/coronavirus-aid-package-problem-solvers-415015.)
The White House appears prepared to further the conversation: “White House's Meadows says moderates’ COVID relief plan could lead to more talks,” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meadows/white-houses-meadows-says-moderates-covid-relief-plan-could-lead-to-more-talks-idUSKBN2663DV.
We applaud the Problem Solvers’ bipartisan leadership, which is what this country urgently needs in order to get our COVID-19 recovery back on the rails. Democratic and Republican leadership in the Senate and the House are not getting the job done, and the economic recovery is being jeopardized because of the stalemate between them. And this bill will save LIVES.
Readers, we encourage you to send a message to your House member: Join the bipartisan caucus and stop the partisan crap that partners with the COVID crisis to cripple our economic capacity going forward. If your congressional representative is already a member of the caucus forging a bipartisan solution, offer your thanks and affirmation. Note: WH signals Trump will sign it if it passes both House and Senate.
Below are the names of American patriots. They deserve praise; their colleagues deserve a kick in the butt.
Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_Solvers_Caucus) lists current members of the caucus as follows:
Democrats
Ben McAdams of Utah
Anthony Brindisi of New York
Josh Harder of California
Salud Carbajal of California
Elaine Luria of Virginia
Kendra Horn of Oklahoma
Elissa Slotkin of Michigan
Jim Costa of California
Joe Cunningham of South Carolina
Debbie Dingell of Michigan
Vicente González of Texas
Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey
Susie Lee of Nevada
Daniel Lipinski of Illinois
Stephanie Murphy of Florida
Tom O'Halleran of Arizona
Jimmy Panetta of California
Scott Peters of California
Dean Phillips of Minnesota
Max Rose of New York
Bradley Schneider of Illinois
Kurt Schrader of Oregon
Darren Soto of Florida
Abigail Spanberger of Virginia
Tom Suozzi of New York
Republicans
Mark Amodei of Nevada
Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania
Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin
Don Bacon of Nebraska
Dusty Johnson of South Dakota
David Joyce of Ohio
John Katko of New York
Pete Stauber of Minnesota
Bryan Steil of Wisconsin
Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio
Tom Reed of New York
Lloyd Smucker of Pennsylvania
Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania
Fred Upton of Michigan
Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington
Steve Watkins of Kansas
Will Hurd of Texas
Bill Johnson of Ohio
How to Contact Your Elected Officials
- Contact President Donald Trump online, or call the White House switchboard at 202-456-1414 or the comments line at 202-456-1111 during business hours.
- Locate your U.S. senators' contact information.
- Find your U.S. representative's website and contact information.
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