This is part 2 of our 5 part series, over the next few weeks, diving deep into The American Rescue Plan. Today, we are discussing how negotiations and budgets have brought us to this newly proposed COVID legislation. Democrats narrowly passed a resolution, which allows them to pass our next stimulus relief package without the Republicans through the process of reconciliation. We can't talk about reconciliation without talking about the move to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Also, a resource to check the status of your most recent Economic Impact Payment, if you have yet to receive it.