Growing Number of Democrats Push for COVID-19 Stimulus Funding

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) speaks to reporters following a caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 1, 2021. Tom Brenner/Reuters

A growing number of Democrat lawmakers are publicly pushing for another stimulus package or a bill to replenish the funding to programs in the American Rescue Plan that was passed earlier this year.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) said that because New York state has seen a rise in COVID-19 cases in recent days, he will introduce a new stimulus package.