# American Rescue Plan Act

> A $1.9 trillion COVID relief package: $1,400 stimulus checks, expanded child tax credit, vaccine funding, and aid to states.

Joe Biden · Trade & Economy · Legislation · Mar 11, 2021
Official record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Rescue_Plan_Act_of_2021

## What happened

A $1.9 trillion COVID relief package: $1,400 stimulus checks, expanded child tax credit, vaccine funding, and aid to states.

## How it happened

Passed via reconciliation on party lines; signed March 11, 2021.

## Documented impact

- [positive / substantiated] Boosted growth and cut child poverty. — The expanded child tax credit sharply reduced child poverty in 2021; analysts credited it with faster employment and GDP recovery.
- [negative / contested] Economists say it contributed to inflation. — Economists across the spectrum estimate it added ~2–3 points to inflation (alongside supply shocks and energy prices).

## Public opinion

The American Rescue Plan

Support: 68%

Broad early support — a Morning Consult poll found 76% (incl. 60% of Republicans).

Source: Quinnipiac, 2021

## Sources

- [PolitiFact: ARP and inflation](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/20/jane-timken/bidens-american-rescue-plan-fueled-inflation-so-di/)
- [American Rescue Plan (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Rescue_Plan_Act_of_2021)

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