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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today released the following statements after the Senate passed President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, which will provide emergency relief to Illinois:
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To avoid dramatic budget cuts at every level of government:
Estimated $13.2 billion in state and local funding for Illinois including $1.8 billion for Chicago.
The bill provides an estimated $7.5 billion for the state and $5.5 billion for Illinois locals ($2.3 billion for counties; $2.4 billion for larger cities; $681 million for smaller municipalities).
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Multiemployer Pension Relief:
By prolonging the solvency of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), more than 100,000 Illinoisans will have their hard-earned pension benefits preserved
Author(s): Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth
Publication Date: 6 March 2021
Publication Site: Dick Durbin’s Senate Office