In the past month, as Delta variants continue to proliferate in the United States, leading to an increase in COVID-19 cases, leading to an increase in COVID-19 cases, and the pandemic has overwhelmed several states.
Denver restaurant owner Stephanie Bonin initiated a Change.org petition last year urging the U.S. Senate And the House of Representatives passed legislation to provide families with “US$2,000 for adults and US$1,000 for children immediately and continue regular inspections during the crisis.”
As of Saturday, the petition has attracted more than 2,795,300 signatures, with approximately 175,000 new signatures in the past month. If the goal of 3 million signatures is reached, it will become one of the petitions with the most signatures on Change.org. At the current pace, the petition may reach the benchmark by the end of August or early September.
More than 150 economists, including Jason Furman, former chairman of the Obama Administration’s Council of Economic Advisers, 50 members of the House of Representatives, and 21 senators, are promoting regular direct assistance. But the Biden administration has stated that this is not a priority, but instead is focused on advancing its infrastructure plans.
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Driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the United States surged this summer, especially in southern states where vaccination rates are lagging behind.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, the seven-day average of new infections in the past week has jumped by 26%, and the number of new deaths has increased by 18%. With the introduction of vaccines to the general population in most states, the latest surge in spring infection rates has continued to decline.
Bonin told Weekly newspaper In July, stimulus applications continued to grow because “we are still in a period of uncertainty.”
“Our country is still struggling,” she wrote in the petition. “We need to check immediately and pay regularly so that we can stay awake. Congress We need to make sure that we don’t go bankrupt financially by doing our part to keep the country healthy. “
In a letter sent to the Senate on March 30, 21 Democratic PartyLed by Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden, urging the President Joe Biden To support regular direct payments until the end of the pandemic.
The group includes a wide range of Democrats, from moderates like Debbie Stabenow in Michigan and Michael Bennett in Colorado to Corey in New Jersey. Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts, and six committee chairs in the armed forces, justice, budget, finance, banking, and agriculture.
Despite the increasing pressure, it is unlikely to issue further stimulus checks. Democrats have focused their attention on advancing an approximately $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure agreement and a $3.5 trillion budget bill, neither of which includes any direct payments.
