&Quot;American Rescue Plan&Quot;

Did President Joe Biden cut funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) by $30 billion? No, that's not true: The Biden administration originally proposed more than $90 billion in funding for HBCUs, tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) and minority-serving institutions (MSIs). That proposed funding was significantly cut by Congress, not the Biden administration. The claim appeared in a Facebook…

Did a man, Charleston Wilson of Greenwood, Mississippi, receive a stimulus payment of $22,400 and pose for photos with large stacks of cash? No, that's not true: While the identity and location of this man remains a mystery, the photographs of him with large stacks of cash predate the stimulus payments, and the Facebook page that created this meme has…

Do kids have to have the same father to receive the $1,400 stimulus check? No, that's not true: Nothing in the 628-page legislation, known as the American Rescue Plan, specifies that. Some users on social media apparently took the claim as real, but all signs suggest it is satire. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) published by…

Did the COVID-19 stimulus bill give members of the U.S. House of Representatives a $25 million bonus? No, that's not true: The $1.9 trillion bill, known as the American Rescue Plan, does not give bonuses or raises to House members. The claim states that "Line 17" awards the bonus. The 628-page bill has a line 17 on almost every page,…

Is 92% of the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill going to "foreign entities"? No, that's not true: The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 consists almost entirely of domestic spending, a fact that's confirmed by experts and the legislation itself. The claim is made without sources or evidence. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) published on March 8,…