{"id":179718,"date":"2021-02-16T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T19:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/whats-next-for-coronavirus-stimulus-a-series-of-hurdles\/"},"modified":"2021-02-16T22:47:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T19:47:00","slug":"whats-next-for-coronavirus-stimulus-a-series-of-hurdles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-next-for-coronavirus-stimulus-a-series-of-hurdles\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  What\u2019s next for coronavirus stimulus? A series of hurdles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d82215a729\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d82215a729\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-next-for-coronavirus-stimulus-a-series-of-hurdles\/#Details_come_into_focus_as_Democrats_prep_for_sprint_to_finish_bill_quickly\" >Details come into focus as Democrats prep for sprint to finish bill quickly<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-next-for-coronavirus-stimulus-a-series-of-hurdles\/#Jonathan_Nicholson\" >Jonathan Nicholson<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  What\u2019s next for coronavirus stimulus? A <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of hurdles<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Details_come_into_focus_as_Democrats_prep_for_sprint_to_finish_bill_quickly\"><\/span>\n  Details come into focus as Democrats prep for sprint to finish bill quickly<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000167276\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Now for the hard part.<\/p>\n<p> Congressional Democrats are prepping their legislative package to carry out  President Joe Biden\u2019s $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus plan with an eye to getting it passed by the end of the month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       The House Budget Committee could meet this week or next to compile the material <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved by other House panels into one massive bill that would then advance. It includes direct payments to households, a more generous child tax credit, tweaks to the Paycheck Protection Program and money for state and local governments. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats want to have the bill completed before the expiration of several pandemic-related jobless programs, including the $300 a week federal add-on to unemployment benefits, in mid-March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to finish our markups in committee this week and then send it to the Budget Committee next week for them to work their will on it, then to the\u00a0Rules\u00a0Committee, and then to the floor,\u201d Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to have this all done by the end of February, certainly on the President\u2019s desk in time to offset the March 14th deadline where some unemployment benefits will expire,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have another incentive to get the bill done \u2014 to give Biden a concrete accomplishment he can tout in his first appearance before Congress. While the details of how to hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ly-distant equivalent of a State of the Union speech remain unclear, Pelosi said the hold up is the relief package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe won\u2019t be doing any of that until we pass our COVID bill.\u00a0 That is the first order of business,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>What comes out of the Budget Committee likely won\u2019t be the bill\u2019s final form, if history is any guide.<\/p>\n<p>First, as Pelosi has mentioned, it will go to the Rules Committee in the House before hitting the floor. Rules is traditionally the site of last-minute fixes to legislation to woo reluctant holdouts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>If it passes the House, the bill would go to the Senate, where it would face two major pitfalls \u2014 the chamber\u2019s rules, including the so-called Byrd rule, and another round of \u201cvote-a-rama,\u201d a marathon series of quick floor votes on lightly debated amendments.<\/p>\n<p>The Byrd rule, named after its proponent, former West Virginia Democrat and chamber rules guru Sen. Robert Byrd, limits what can be included in so-called reconciliation bills, which can pass the Senate with only 51 votes.<\/p>\n<p>It prohibits reconciliation bills from including provisions that have no impact on spending or revenues or ones where the impact is \u201cmerely incidental\u201d to the policy.<\/p>\n<p>The Byrd rule is the big reason many analysts have been skeptical one of the key pieces in the Biden plan \u2014 boosting the federal minimum wage gradually from $7.25 an hour now to $15 in 2025 \u2014 would make it in the final bill. The increase has been seen in the past as only having a minimal effect on government finances that would likely be ruled \u201cmerely incidental.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders has been  pushing to include the increase in the package and preparing for the \u201cByrd bath,\u201d when Senate Budget staff from both parties try to persuade the Senate Parliamentarian to rule in their favor. <\/p>\n<p>Sanders hired Bill Dauster, a respected expert on Senate rules who wrote a book on Senate procedure, to help make his case. Dauster has written publicly a boost in the minimum wage wouldn\u2019t run afoul of the Byrd rule.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders also received <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/system\/files\/2021-02\/hEdandLaborreconciliationestimate.pdf\" class=\"icon none\">a score from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office<\/a> saying boosting the wage would cost the government about $54 billion over 10 years, a far bigger impact than it projected in a 2019 analysis. The CBO, at Sanders\u2019 request, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/system\/files\/2021-02\/57003--SenatorSanders-Letter.pdf\" class=\"icon none\">compared the wage boost<\/a> to two provisions in the 2017 Republican tax overhaul, and found it would have a broader effect than either.<\/p>\n<p>Both CBO findings could help make the case for the minimum wage with the parliamentarian.<\/p>\n<p>That ruling will be crucial, as at least one Senate Democrat \u2014 Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia \u2014 has said he will not agree to overturn it if it goes against Democrats, a route that had been seen as a backup plan. With Democrats controlling 50 votes and relying on Vice President Kamala Harris for the tie breaker, even one defection could sink the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to bust the filibuster, we\u2019re not going to bust the Byrd rule that basically protects the filibuster,\u201d Manchin has said. Manchin has said he favors a smaller boost to the wage, to $11 an hour .<\/p>\n<p>According to the Congressional Research Service, 62 of 72 Byrd rule challenges on the Senate floor have been sustained, meaning the offending provision was removed from the bill. Efforts to waive the rule have been successful only nine times in 59 attempts.<\/p>\n<p>If the Senate changes the bill, it would have to go back to the House for a final vote, where Democrats can lose only three votes and still prevail. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Tuesday warned his colleagues a weekend vote on the package was possible.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Jonathan Nicholson \",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jonathan_Nicholson\"><\/span>Jonathan Nicholson <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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