Monday, March 1, 2021

The Morning: $1.9 trillion, to the Senate

Biden's first big priority moves to the next phase.

Good morning. The virus relief bill heads to the Senate. We tell you what to watch for.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representative James Clyburn leaving the U.S. Capitol this weekend.Oliver Contreras for The New York Times

Biden’s first big bill

The virus relief bill that the House passed on Saturday heads to the Senate this week, and White House officials hope President Biden will be able to sign it into law in the next two weeks.

Here’s what you need to know about the plan — and the coming debate in the Senate:

It’s big.

The current price tag is about $1.9 trillion — or roughly twice the size (after adjusting for inflation) of the stimulus bill Barack Obama signed shortly after taking office, in 2009. The Senate may shrink it somewhat, but the bill is likely to remain very large.

That reflects the fact that Biden and his aides don’t want to repeat the mistake of the 2009 bill, which many economists believe was too small to prevent a sluggish recovery. This time, Biden is erring on the side of aggressiveness, hoping to return the economy to full employment and spark strong wage growth.

Jerome Powell — the Federal Reserve chairman, appointed by Donald Trump — has avoided talking about the bill’s details but has signaled he supports moving aggressively, rather than focusing on the deficit. One factor: Over the past two decades, forecasters have repeatedly been too optimistic about economic growth — which suggests that policymakers have usually done too little to support growth, not too much.

Roughly half of it is direct cash payments.

The biggest item (costing about $420 billion) is a package of $1,400-per-person checks for most households. Other major items include an expansion of jobless benefits ($240 billion); an expansion of tax credits for parents and low-income workers ($130 billion); health insurance subsidies ($65 billion); and housing assistance ($40 billion).

The other half of the bill is mostly aid to state and local governments, including money for schools as well as for coronavirus testing and vaccination.

The bill is popular.

Polls have found that about 70 percent of Americans support the plan, including a sizable share of Republican voters. The $1,400 direct payments are especially popular. “People need help right now, and I’m OK with my tax dollars doing that,” Melissa Karn, 53, a Trump voter from the Phoenix suburbs, told The Times.

Research by Chris Warshaw of George Washington University suggests that the plan is the most popular piece of major federal policy since a minimum-wage increase in 2007.

Still, no House Republicans voted for the bill, and few if any Senate Republicans are likely to. Many believe that such a large amount of federal spending — following several other stimulus packages last year — is a waste of taxpayer money when the pandemic has already begun to recede. (A few Democratic economists agree.) Congressional Republicans also have a longstanding strategy of opposing any legislation proposed by a new Democratic president, to weaken him by making him look like a partisan figure.

A mother and her daughter after picking up free groceries in Massachusetts last summer.Brian Snyder/Reuters

The bill would substantially cut poverty.

In the language of economics, the bill is highly progressive — sending more money to middle-class and lower-income families than to upper-income families. Some of the cash payments would go only to lower-income families (like food aid), while others would be nearly across-the-board (like the $1,400 checks) but would have a larger proportional impact on poorer families.

Over all, an analysis by the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University found that Biden’s proposal (which is similar to the House bill) would reduce poverty by almost 30 percent in 2021, moving 12 million Americans above the poverty line.

The bill’s least ambitious aspect: It’s temporary.

Franklin D. Roosevelt didn’t merely try to halt the Great Depression after taking office; he also restructured the U.S. economy, by creating federal programs and strengthening labor unions. Ronald Reagan, coming from the other side of the political spectrum, didn’t merely try to crush inflation; he also transformed the tax code.

The virus relief bill is not on the same scale, partly because most of its provisions would expire over the next few months. Biden has signaled that his next major proposal — known as Build Back Better — is his more sweeping attempt to fix the U.S. economy.

But the current bill may still have some long-term impact. Many Democrats hope that some of the provisions — like the universal monthly payment for children and the expansion of jobless benefits — will prove popular enough that Congress later extends them.

The Senate will alter the House bill.

The Senate will almost certainly remove a minimum-wage increase in the bill. It’s also possible that some Democratic senators will try to restrict how many households are eligible to receive the $1,400 checks — or otherwise reduce the bill’s size.

Ultimately, the Senate and House both need to pass identical bills for Biden to sign one. Many Democrats want to pass a final bill by March 14, when some benefits from an earlier stimulus — like expanded jobless benefits — start to expire.

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Clubhouse is an audio app — currently invite only — that features chat rooms where people gather for live discussions about anything. It’s more interactive than podcasts, because listeners can click a tiny hand icon to ask a question (and hosts can boot rowdy participants). It’s also more fleeting, because recording is against the rules.

Clubhouse features chat rooms where people gather for live discussions.

The topics are endless: karaoke, nuclear power, mental health, racism in medicine and more. The Times columnist Kevin Roose writes that there is “a refreshing randomness to Clubhouse that makes it more interesting than social networks where every piece of content is algorithmically tailored to your exact interests.”

Clubhouse does have some problems, mostly stemming from its lax moderation. The app has hosted discussions with hate speech, harassment and conspiracy theories, and regulators in Europe are worried about its privacy policies.

As our colleagues Erin Griffith and Taylor Lorenz write: “Clubhouse is following a classic Silicon Valley start-up path that social media companies like Twitter, Snapchat and Facebook have also trod: viral growth followed by the messy issues that come with it.”

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Déclaration du conseiller à la sécurité nationale Jake Sullivan à propos de la violence contre les manifestations pacifiques en Birmanie

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La Maison-Blanche
Le 28 février 2021

Les États-Unis sont alarmés par la violence exercée par les forces de sécurité birmanes contre des manifestants pacifiques. Les tueries d'aujourd'hui représentent une escalade de la répression en cours contre les manifestants prodémocratie depuis le coup d'État du 1er février. Je présente mes sincères condoléances aux familles des courageux manifestants qui ont perdu la vie en manifestant pacifiquement en faveur de la démocratie en Birmanie.

Les États-Unis sont solidaires du peuple de Birmanie, qui continue d'exprimer courageusement ses aspirations à la démocratie, à l'état de droit et au respect des droits de l'homme. Nous continuerons de travailler en étroite coordination avec nos alliés et partenaires dans la région Indopacifique et dans le monde entier afin de demander des comptes aux responsables de la violence et de renforcer notre soutien au peuple de Birmanie. À cette fin, nous préparons des actions additionnelles pour imposer des coûts supplémentaires aux responsables de cette dernière flambée de violence et du récent coup d'État. Nous partagerons plus d'informations dans les jours à venir.


Voir le contenu d'origine : https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/28/statement-by-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-violence-against-peaceful-demonstrations-in-burma/ 

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Allocution de la vice-présidente Kamala Harris lors de l’évènement Celebration of America

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Le 20 janvier 2021

VICE-PRÉSIDENTE HARRIS : Bonsoir. C'est un honneur pour moi que d'être ici.

De m'appuyer sur le travail de celles et ceux qui m'ont précédée.

De prendre la parole ce soir en tant que votre vice-présidente.

À bien des égards, ce moment incarne notre caractère en tant que nation.

Il démontre qui nous sommes.

Même dans les périodes sombres –

Nous ne nous contentons pas de rêver. Nous agissons.

Nous ne voyons pas seulement ce qui a été, nous voyons ce qui peut être.

Nous visons la lune, puis nous y plantons notre drapeau.

Nous sommes audacieux, intrépides et ambitieux.

Nous sommes inébranlables dans notre conviction que nous vaincrons, que nous nous élèverons.

C'est l'aspiration américaine.

En pleine guerre civile, Abraham Lincoln a vu un avenir meilleur et l'a bâti, grâce au financement d'établissements d'enseignements supérieurs (land-grant colleges) et au chemin de fer transcontinental.

Au milieu du mouvement des droits civiques, le Dr King s'est battu pour la justice raciale et la justice économique.

L'aspiration américaine est ce qui a poussé les femmes de cette nation, tout au long de l'histoire, à réclamer l'égalité des droits.

Et les auteurs de la Déclaration des droits à revendiquer des libertés qui avaient rarement été écrites auparavant.

Une grande expérience demande une grande détermination, la volonté d'accomplir le travail, mais aussi la sagesse de continuer à affiner, à retoucher, à perfectionner.

La même détermination se concrétise aujourd'hui en Amérique.

Je le vois chez les scientifiques qui transforment l'avenir.

Je le vois chez les parents qui élèvent les générations à venir.

Chez les innovateurs et les éducateurs.

Chez toutes celles et tous ceux qui, partout, construisent une vie meilleure pour eux-mêmes, leurs familles et leurs communautés.

Cela aussi, c'est l'aspiration américaine.

C'est ce que le président Joe Biden nous a demandé de convoquer maintenant.

Le courage de voir au-delà de la crise.

De faire ce qui est difficile.

De faire ce qui est bien.

De s'unir.

De croire en nous-mêmes.

Croire en notre pays.

Croire en ce que nous pouvons faire, ensemble.

Je vous remercie. Et que Dieu bénisse l'Amérique.


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Обеспечение ответственности за убийство Джамаля Хашогги

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Заявление Государственного секретаря Энтони Блинкена
26 февраля 2021 года

В октябре 2018 года мир был потрясен убийством журналиста Джамаля Хашогги, законного постоянного жителя Соединенных Штатов, в здании Консульства Саудовской Аравии в Стамбуле (Турция). Люди должны иметь возможность осуществлять свои права человека и основные свободы, не опасаясь возмездия со стороны властей, отместки, наказания или получения вреда. Джамаль Хашогги заплатил жизнью за выражение своих убеждений. Президент Байден указал в заявлении, опубликованном в октябре прошлого года во вторую годовщину убийства, что гибель г-на Хашогги не будет напрасной, и что наш долг его памяти – бороться за более справедливый и свободный мир.

Сегодня Администрация Байдена-Харрис представила в Конгресс США несекретный доклад, обеспечивающий прозрачность этого ужасного убийства. Наряду с обнародованием этого доклада и в рамках обещания Президента Правительство Соединенных Штатов объявляет о дополнительных мерах по усилению осуждения этого преступления по всему миру и противодействию правительствам, выходящим за пределы своих границ, угрожая и нападая на журналистов и предполагаемых диссидентов за осуществление их основных свобод.

С этой целью я сегодня объявляю о "Запрете Хашогги", новой политике ограничения выдачи виз в соответствии с разделом 212(a)(3)(C) Закона об иммиграции и гражданстве. "Запрет Хашогги" позволяет Государственному департаменту вводить визовые ограничения в отношении лиц, которые, действуя от имени иностранного правительства, предположительно были непосредственно причастны к серьезной экстерриториальной деятельности по борьбе с диссидентами, включая деятельность по подавлению, травле, слежке, угрозам или причинению вреда журналистам, активистам или другим лицам, считающимся диссидентами из-за их работы, или тех, кто осуществляет такую деятельность в отношении семей или других близких соратников таких лиц. Члены семей этих чиновников также могут подвергаться визовым ограничениям в соответствии с этой политикой, если необходимо.

Для начала Государственный департамент США принял меры в соответствии с "Запретом Хашогги", наложив визовые ограничения на 76 саудовцев, которые, как полагают, были причастны к угрозам в отношении диссидентов за рубежом, включая, но не ограничиваясь им, убийство Хашогги. При идентификации лиц для целей "Запрета Хашогги" мы также будем рассматривать их на предмет включения в санкционный список в соответствии с Разделом 7031(c) Закона о финансировании Государственного департамента, иностранных операций и смежных программ на 2020 финансовый год, с переносом на последующий период Законом о продолжающихся ассигнованиях на 2021 финансовый год, который разрешает отказ в выдаче виз этим лицам и их ближайшим родственникам, а также их публичную идентификацию.

В целях обеспечения безопасности всех лиц, находящихся в пределах наших границ, правонарушителям, преследующим предполагаемых диссидентов от имени какого-либо иностранного правительства, не должно быть позволено въезжать на территорию США.

Я также распорядился, чтобы Государственный департамент полностью сообщал о любой такой экстерриториальной деятельности любого правительства в наших ежегодных Докладах о положении с правами человека в странах мира. Соединенные Штаты будут и впредь проливать свет на любое правительство, которое преследует людей, будь то внутри страны или за ее пределами, только за осуществление их прав человека и основных свобод.

Хотя США по-прежнему инвестируют в свои отношения с Саудовской Аравией, Президент Байден ясно дал понять, что это партнерство должно отражать американские ценности. С этой целью мы абсолютно ясно дали понять, что экстерриториальные угрозы и нападения Саудовской Аравии на активистов, диссидентов и журналистов должны прекратиться. Соединенные Штаты не потерпят их.


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