The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, or HEROES Act, (H.R. 6800) is another bloated unconstitutional coronavirus aid package, to the tune of $3.2 trillion — even more ambitious than the already swollen $2.2 trillion CARES Act (H.R. 748) passed by Congress. The HEROES Act would provide a second round of stimulus checks to qualifying individuals and families. It also includes about $1 trillion in aid for state and local governments to pay essential workers, such as first responders, healthcare workers, and teachers, who are at most at risk of losing their jobs due to state and local budgetary shortfalls.
The House passed H.R. 6800 on May 15, 2020 along partisan lines by a vote of 208 to 199 (Roll Call 109). We have assigned pluses to the nays because there is no provision in the Constitution for Congress to bail out the economy.
