PENNSYLVANIA — From allocating billions in pandemic relief, to small businesses and industries impacted by the pandemic, to investing in Pennsylvania’s roads, bridges, and drinking water — thanks to President Biden, Pennsylvanians have spent the last year reading about how Democrats are building back better together:
Under the American Rescue Plan, Democrats delivered with:
- Crucial investments to support small businesses:
- Lower health care costs:
- WESA: Feds approve Pennsylvania’s plan to distribute more than $1 billion in pandemic funds for Medicaid services
- Thanks to President Biden and the Democrats, more than 337,000 Pennsylvania residents have signed up for coverage through HealthCare.gov in 2021
- Marketplace premiums have been reduced or eliminated for thousands in Pennsylvania
- 109,900 uninsured Pennsylvanians are newly eligible for health coverage tax credits and 15,900 individuals have access to coverage with zero dollar premiums
- WESA: Feds approve Pennsylvania’s plan to distribute more than $1 billion in pandemic funds for Medicaid services
- Tax cuts to help middle-class families make ends meet:
- Scranton Times-Tribune: New credit game-changer for working families
- Pennsylvania Capital Star: As child tax credit checks hit mailboxes, ‘I’m looking forward to having the safety net,’ Pa. mom says
- PennLive: ‘This is huge for me’: For many families, the expanded child tax credit payments are a big deal
- Essential funds to help communities fight the pandemic:
- ABC27: $1.2B of American Rescue Plan Act to provide Pennsylvanians better access to critical services
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Fire, EMS, child care, rent targeted for help in county stimulus budget | American Rescue Plan funds
- Pocono Record: PA veterans will start seeing EIP payments of up to $1,400 this week
- Billions to safely re-open schools:
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Pa. to get almost $5B in school aid from federal relief bill
With Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Democrats have made a down payment on Pennsylvania’s future with:
- Critical funding for clean water issue:
- Historic investment to repair and rebuild Pennsylvania’s highways:
- Funding to connect every Pennsylvanian to high-speed internet:
- The largest-ever federal investment in public transit:
- Critical funds to invest in Pennsylvania’s 63 airports:
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Airports, including those in Western Pennsylvania, first among transit hubs to get funds under bipartisan infrastructure law
- Philadelphia Tribune: Pa. airports in line for $70M in infrastructure funding
- Lehigh Valley Live: Federal infrastructure update: $3.9M awarded to Lehigh Valley airports, $1.1B coming for Pa. roads and bridges – lehighvalleylive.com
President Biden’s economic plan is working:
- Pennsylvanians head back to work:
- AP News Harrisburg: Pennsylvania’s jobless rate drops for 8th straight month
- Unemployment claims continue to fall:
- Gas prices continue to drop:
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