er -Anal -10 . . wawi 4 . . - Com hy ta | - om Har INTRUCTION 14 wy . OC 18 - e GTRIA) P scussion Tople this lesson (lesson you will be learning about the process of how Congress makes laws. All laws start out first as bills. They don't become a law until they successfully pass v BOTH houses of Congress and by the president. President Biden and the Democrats recently passed a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill. This 51.9 trillion was not induded in the FY 2021 federal budget that you reviewed in Lesson 2. so wiec annual budget duhot and the total national debt by that amount. The bil passed in the House on a 220-211 vote and in the Senate on a 50-49 vote. No Republican in the chamber voted in favor of it Altherr of Congress, President Biden signed the bill into law on March 11, 2021. Major provisions of the new Cavid 19 relief law include all of the following A direct payment of $1,400 to individuals earning under $75,000 per year and $2,800 for couples earning below 5150,000 per year $300 a week federal unemployment benefit in addition to the benefit paid by the state to be paid through August) $3,000 tax credit per child between ages 6 and 17 years old, and $3.600 per child under age 6 [tax credits are subtracted from tax owed and refundable if credit amounterceeds tax owed) . 540 on for rent and mortgage assistance 5250 billion for state governments, which have had to increase the spending to deal with the pandemic and have lost revenues because of Card shutdowns $700 Mion for schools to help reopen with added Covid precautions 563 billion to help states with vaccine distribution, testing and PPE $2 billion in grants for restaurants and bars that have lost revenue because of the pendek Soomilion assistance for homeless students Democrats in the House originally demanded that the bik include raising the federal mamum wage to $15 per hour over a year period, but the Senate refused to che Ralli og the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour continues to be a very controversia sue. The current federat minimum wage 57:25 per hour. It has not been rated tech 2009 The restance tendoidea armum ile in this content bel was many from Republicans but also from a few conservative Weaning Democrats. Some seemed wire to supportare to $11 per hour, but olutly no agreement tout de reached Sot wp to the states to individually decide whether they will raise the mum wage. in the recent November 2020 election Florida voters approved a ballist initiate that increased the Florida minimum wage to 515 per hourly the year 2026. Floridos curro mimum wage sees per obten $10 per hour this September, and then will be raised $1 per year until it reaches $15 in 2026. our faster of government states are free to set their own mwangas they may acceder mum wage. Some Florida se lawmakers, however, are proposing an amendment to the $15 minimum wage law to allow certain hard to her individuals to be paid less than the runway workers under 21 years of convicted felons, and pronates. The tipped minimum wage in Fonda will be $1.00 sun the regularium waga Tharkabout these proces being considered and the impact on sochystate them the ordine if you desire more information Award address of ton below to make our post in the credit forum Questions to Address in Your InitialPost Songside for a momenteering the minimum wage do you are with the other spending room of the cover a youndwa in decuss an arts of the bill you disagree with alternatively why you support the bill or anou pro Do you disagree with the heat the federal minimum wage to 115 per hour over en net four years wyer who Do you get order with the resposta mody Honde man wapelow to our pot INSTRUCTIONS REVIEW THE BUSINEGRADE. FOR DETAILS ABOUT HOW SASSONMENT WIL GRADO 2. Your initial out made of the stand te worden Open was made to your counter you have made your Valencourt How Makina