$174 Billion

The amount President Joe Biden’s proposed American Jobs Plan would direct toward electric vehicles (EVs), including funding to create a network of 500,000 EV charging stations across the United States by 2030. But the U.S. market for EVs, along with the market for battery production and disposal, must catch up to the demand analysts predict will exist by 2030.

2% 

Portion of the 17 million new vehicles sold in the United States in 2019 that were EVs.

A country up for grabs 

March 13—Jace Bower/Staunton, Va.

Angela Lu Fulton’s nuanced coverage of the coup and the history that led up to it was fascinating. I am praying for the people of Myanmar and for the church that is there. May this present trial lead to a blossoming of the church for the glory of God.

“I got that done when I was a senator. It passed. We should do it again.”

President JOE BIDEN, describing his role in passing a 1994 crime bill that included a 10-year ban on certain semi-automatic weapons. Republicans pushed back against Democratic calls for gun control legislation following mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, Colo., in March. “Every time there’s a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater where this committee gets together and proposes a bunch of laws that would do nothing to stop these murders,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. 

Murdered

$411 billion

The overall cost of sending stimulus checks to Americans through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The $1.9 trillion package contained provisions for American citizens, businesses, and nonprofits recovering from the coronavirus pandemic, but it also contained lots of non-COVID-19-related expenditures.

$1B 

Amount allocated for aid to ethnic minority farmers and ranchers.

$500M

Amount allocated to U.S. states for programs to help low-income households pay for water service.

Back of the line

Feb. 27—John A. Pummell/Las Cruces, N.M.

I appreciate Mindy Belz’s revealing article on the challenges of distributing the COVID-19 vaccine worldwide. Let us hope and pray that production and distribution will greatly increase.

Uncivil unrest

Feb. 27—Carl Palmberg/Massillon, Ohio