WHICH IS A 3% POSITIVITY RATE
AND ONE NEW COMMUNITY OUTBREAK
REPORTED.
>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
$1.9 TRILLION RELIEF PACKAGE IS
MOVING FORWARD, RAISING HOPE OF
ANOTHER ROUND OF STIMULUS
CHECKS.
THE HOUSE PASSED THE BILL THIS
MORNING.
HOW IT COULD HELP SAN DIEGANS.
>> ON THIS VOTE, THE YEAS ARE
219.
THE NAYS ARE 212.
THE BILL IS PASSED WITHOUT
OBJECTION, A MOTION TO
RECONSIDER IS LAID UPON THE
TABLE.
>> Reporter: IN AN EFFORT TO
DELIVER RELIEF TO STRUGGLING
FAMILIES AND RAMP UP THE
COVID-19 VACCINE DISTRIBUTION,
HOUSE DEMOCRATS PASSED THE
$1.9 TRILLION RELIEF PLAN.
>> WE’RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO
VACCINATING THE NATION.
WE’RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO PUTTING
$1,400 IN THE POCKETS OF
AMERICANS.
WE’RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO
EXTENDING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO
ARE SHORTLY GOING LOSE THEM.
>> Reporter: IT INTENDS TO GIVE
THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS STRUGGING
TO MAKE IT BY MUCH NEEDED ARE
RELIEF.
>> IT WAS GOOD BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC.
WITH THE PANDEMIC, MY BUSINESS
IS DOWN.
>> Reporter: HE RUN A TACO TRUCK
AND CATERING SERVICE IN CHULA
VISTA.
SINCE THE PANDEMIC THE CATERING
PART OF HIS BUSINESS HAS DIED.
HE HAD TO SELL HIS CATERING
SUPPLIES TO HELP THE OTHER
BUSINESS SURVIVE, WHICH IS
BARELY MAKING IT.
>> 100 --
>> Reporter: THE NEW BILL WOULD
CREATE A PROGRAM FOR OWNERS LIKE
MENDEZ.
>> OUR PAY WENT DOWN TAKING CARE
OF OUR FAMILY, OUR MOTHER AND
FATHER, AUNT WHO FELL AND BROKE
HER BACK.
MY SON, HER HUSBAND.
>> Reporter: FOR PEOPLE LIKE
ROSIE SOLIS WHO ARE MAKING LESS
THAN $75,000 A YEAR THEY WOULD
GET A ONE-TIME PAYMENT OF
$1,400.
COUPLES EARNING LESS THAN
$150,000 A YEAR WOULD GET A
ONE-TIME PAYMENT OF $2,800.
FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WOULD BE
ELIGIBLE TO GET AN ADDITIONAL
$1,400 FOR EACH DEPOSIT AND,
UNLIKE IN THE PAST, ADULT
DEPENDENTS INCLUDING COLLEGE
STUDENTS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A
ONE-TIME PAYMENT.
THOSE WHO LOST THEIR JOBS WOULD
GET AN ADDITIONAL $400 A WEEK
FOR UNEMPLOYME BENEFITS.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE NEW
STIMULUS, MONEY FOR STRUGGLING
TENANTS, HOMEOWNERS AND PEOPLE
AT RISK OF BECOME, HOMELESS.
WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE OF COVID
CASES, A NEW BILL -- AND
$46 BILLION TO EXPAND COVID-19
TESTING.
THE BILL ALSO LOOKS TO INCREASE
MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 PER HOUR,
INCREASE CHILD TAX CREDIT FROM
$2,000 TO $3,000 AND PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR SCHOOL.
THE BILL WILL NOW GO OFF TO THE
SENATE FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
REPORTING FROM CHULA VISTA,
AMBER FRIAS.