House Approves More COVID Relief for Families Tell The Senate to Do The Same

By The Mom Congress Policy Team

On Friday, Oct 2, the Democrat-led House moved forward to pass an updated version of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act as prior relief expired at the end of July.

The Republican-led Senate is unlikely to take up the bill until after the election.

According to our partner, Zero To Three:

In August alone, more than 40 percent of families reported difficulty paying for basic needs like food, housing, and medicine.

Because the pandemic poses particular challenges for families with infants and toddlers, ZERO TO THREE has consistently called for Congress to update the HEROES Act to address all of the following, and their efforts have ensured the current bill does address these points:

Mom Congress Members: read the full blog post here.