An open letter to the U.S. House of Representatives
COVID-19 relief package
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I'm a member of Indivisible CA33.
I'm writing to ask that you call for improvements to the Coronavirus bill that passed in the Senate last night before final passage in the House. Specifically:
- Increase election security and access to voting, including financial support for states to implement vote by mail before November,
- Add guardrails for the hundreds of billions of dollars in corporate bailouts in the bill (e.g. requiring that companies that get bailouts retain ALL of their employees and can’t waste money on executive bonuses or stock buybacks)
- Provide universal paid sick leave, not just for some people — everyone,
- Improve the cash assistance provisions of the bill by making the payments recurring and available to all people, including immigrants, and
- Support patients and health care workers by expanding federal Medicaid funding, ending surprise billing, and ensuring frontline workers have the protections they need to stay safe.
Thank you for your time and attention.