The American Rescue Plan will provide direct relief to Americans struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From completing the $2,000 stimulus payments, to getting kids back in school and parents back to work, to making sure vaccines are free for everyone who wants one – the ARP is a targeted plan to put us on…
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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Year One of President Biden’s Economic Agenda
By Chair Cecilia Rouse A year ago today, President Biden entered office with a full agenda: a pledge not only to fight the pandemic and support economic recovery, but also to rebuild our economy to produce long-term and more widely-shared growth. The President was inaugurated amidst a still-raging pandemic and a weak economic recovery. A…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Report: “Advancing Equity Through the American Rescue Plan”
Highlights the Most Equitable Economic Recovery Ever Details Efforts to Ensure Equity in 32 Major American Rescue Plan Policies Today, the American Rescue Plan Implementation Team and the Domestic Policy Council released their interim American Rescue Plan Equity Report. It covers 32 different American Rescue Plan programs that represent nearly $900 billion or 60 percent of…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Whole-of-Government Effort to Ensure Child Tax Credit Reaches All Eligible Families
The Child Tax Credit (CTC) is one of the most important tax cuts for working families in more than a generation. The American Rescue Plan increased the Child Tax Credit from $2,000 per child to $3,000 per child for children over the age of six and from $2,000 to $3,600 for children under the age…
Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates En Route Woodstock, NH
12:46 P.M. EST MR. BATES: I have a little bit at the top for you. I appreciate you joining us for the President’s trip to Woodstock, New Hampshire, where he will visit the NH 175 bridge over the Pemigewasset, or just “Pemi” River, which has been the state’s — on the state’s “red list” of bridges…
REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AT CHILD TAX CREDIT EVENT
Brookline Recreation CenterPittsburgh, Pennsylvania 12:32 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hello, everyone. (Applause.) It is good to be back in Pennsylvania. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. Please have a seat. Please. Thank you. I was just downstairs, meeting with the young leaders who range in age from — well, they were proud to…
The Child Tax Credit
The Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan provides the largest Child Tax Credit ever and historic relief to the most working families ever – and as of July 15th, most families are automatically receiving monthly payments of $250 or $300 per child without having to take any action. The Child Tax Credit will…
FACT SHEET: President Biden to Take Action to Advance Racial Equity and Support Underserved Communities
Administration to Purchase Additional 200 Million Doses to Be Delivered This Summer This afternoon, President Biden will outline his vision and new elements of his agenda for advancing racial equity for Americans who have been underserved and left behind. Equal opportunity is the fundamental promise of America. But systemic racism and discrimination in our economy,…
A Proclamation on National Consumer Protection Week, 2021
American families are grappling with the devastating challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis with courage and resilience every day. In this moment of crisis, the last thing any of us should have to contend with are predators in the consumer marketplace seeking to take advantage of us, exploit our personal data, or…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Delivers Funds to Support the Health of Older Americans
Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living is releasing $1.4 billion in funding from the American Rescue Plan for Older Americans Act programs, including programs to support vaccine outreach and coordination, address social isolation, provide family caregiver support, and offer nutrition support. It will also fund justice programs to…