#PutPeopleFirst in the next coronavirus relief package

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

The Trump administration’s response to the Covid-19 epidemic hasn’t done nearly enough to help working people. We’re calling on Speaker Pelosi and congressional leaders to #PutPeopleFirst in the next coronavirus relief package. Democrats must ensure the next relief package includes:

1. Keep people on payrolls: Stop mass layoffs, and preserve employment relationships for all businesses, including small businesses. Ensure federal dollars go to workers and small businesses, not enriching CEOs and Wall Street.

2. Provide financial relief: Expand aid for the most vulnerable in the COVID-19 epidemic, including direct cash assistance, increased food aid, debt relief, and eviction protections.

3. Protect public health: Full health coverage for all COVID-19 care and protections for all frontline workers.

4. Defend elections: Enact a vote-by-mail requirement for 2020 federal elections while maintaining access to in-person voting for those who do not have access to mail voting.

Democrats must ensure the next package is open to every person in this country, regardless of tax or immigration status, age or disability.

Supported by Members of Congress:

  • Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)

  • Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI)

  • Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)

  • Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN)

  • Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)

  • Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

  • Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA)


Organized by:

  • United We Dream

  • Indivisible

  • MoveOn

  • Community Change

  • Social Security Works

  • Justice Democrats

  • Data for Progress


To: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
From: [Your Name]

Democrats must ensure the next relief package includes:

1. Keep people on payrolls: Stop mass layoffs, and preserve employment relationships for all businesses, including small businesses. Ensure federal dollars go to workers and small businesses, not enriching CEOs and Wall Street.

2. Provide financial relief: Expand aid for the most vulnerable in the COVID-19 epidemic, including direct cash assistance, increased food aid, debt relief, and eviction protections.

3. Protect public health: Full health coverage for all COVID-19 care and protections for all frontline workers.

4. Defend elections: Enact a vote-by-mail requirement for 2020 federal elections while maintaining access to in-person voting for those who do not have access to mail voting.

Democrats must ensure the next package is open to every person in this country, regardless of tax or immigration status, age or disability.