Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Mar. 18, 2020 | H.R. 6201

This was the second bill to respond to the growing COVID-19 pandemic. H.R. 6201 would encourage working people to seek testing for infection by making the tests free for most people covered by employment-based insurance, Medicare or Medicaid; mandates that workers who are sick or affected by quarantine receive up to 14 paid sick days and up to 12 weeks of paid leave per year. H.R. 6201 also would take steps to improve access to food by expanding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program and the school lunch program. Recognizing that the current federal unemployment insurance (UI) program would not be able to provide sufficient support for states to meet the needs of workers, the package would provide additional funding for states. This bill passed the Senate on March 18, 2020, and was signed into law that same day.

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Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 90
NAYs: 8

Legislator State Party Sort descending Vote
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
Democrat Yes
Sen. Gary Peters
MI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
NY
Democrat Yes
Sen. Ron Wyden
OR
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Patty Murray Democrat Yes
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy
CT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
CA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
MA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Mark Warner
VA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
MD
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jeff Merkley
OR
Democrat Yes
Sen. Richard J. Durbin
IL
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tom Udall
NM
Democrat Yes
Sen. Robert Menendez
NJ
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
IL
Democrat Yes
Sen. Edward J. Markey
MA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jon Tester
MT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Joe Manchin III
WV
Democrat Yes