In response to Senator Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) use of procedural tricks to delay the passage of the American Rescue Plan, Protect Our Care’s Coronavirus War Room Director Zac Petkanas released the following statement:
“We really should be grateful to Senator Ron Johnson. Thanks to his delay tactics last night forcing the ten hour public reading of the entire American Rescue Plan, Republican senators can no longer claim ignorance of what’s in the overwhelmingly popular legislation.
“They are now crystal clear the package includes funding for $1,400 direct stimulus checks, faster vaccine distribution, lower health care costs, faster school reopening, small businesses struggling to keep their doors open, expanded unemployment insurance and aid for state and local governments to keep frontline healthcare workers on the job.
“Hopefully, they now understand why bipartisan majorities throughout the country — including Republicans — support the bill.
“The only remaining question is what they will do with their newfound knowledge. Will they still vote against the funding to crush the virus and get our economy back on track anyway?”