Ahead of the House’s COVID package release, the League joined a letter opposing income limits on survival stimulus checks. These income caps or “means testing” based on 2019 taxes do not reflect pandemic-driven job losses and underemployment. Fortunately, the opposition was strong and the House’s plan does not include means testing.
Find full text letter below.
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The League issued a rare vote recommendation last week urging them to protect immigrant/mixed-status family access to stimulus checks/vaccines and oppose Youth Amendment and others.
In letters to the CDC and Biden COVID-19 Transition Team, LWV joined allies in laying out clear principles for COVID-19 vaccine distribution to immigrants.
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