I will continue to work on a bipartisan basis to find solutions and relief for North Carolina families to get through this crisis.
I will continue to work on a bipartisan basis to find solutions and relief for North Carolina families to get through this crisis.
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Evidence
"I will continue to work on a bipartisan basis to find solutions and relief for North Carolina families to get through this crisis." Tillis also said Congress had passed "these bipartisan solutions" to slow the spread of coronavirus and provide a stronger temporary social safety net.
Congress.gov shows H.R.6201 "Became Public Law No: 116-127" on 03/18/2020 after Senate passage by record vote 76.
Congress.gov lists H.R.748 as having "Became Public Law No: 116-136" on 03/27/2020, after Senate passage by Yea-Nay vote 96-0.
Tillis said, "That’s why I voted to pass the CARES Act in the spring and have pushed for follow-up relief to help families and businesses in need. I strongly support this bipartisan package to distribute another round of stimulus checks..."
Latest Action: 03/18/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-127. The bill provides paid sick leave, tax credits, free COVID-19 testing, expanded food assistance and unemployment benefits, and increased Medicaid funding.
The reporting says Tillis offered a substitute amendment that would have redirected the disputed fund toward fraud-fighting, but the amendment did not pass.
Tillis’s Senate release says he would keep working in a bipartisan way to find solutions and relief for North Carolina families and said Congress had already passed bipartisan coronavirus measures.
Congress.gov shows the Families First Coronavirus Response Act becoming Public Law 116-127 on March 18, 2020, delivering paid sick leave, COVID testing, food assistance, unemployment help, and Medicaid support.
Congress.gov records the CARES Act becoming Public Law 116-136 after Senate passage, marking another major bipartisan pandemic-relief enactment.
Assessments
The promise was to continue bipartisan work on solutions and relief for North Carolina families during the coronavirus crisis, not to achieve a single uniquely attributable outcome. In 2020, while serving in the same Senate term and campaigning for reelection, Tillis supported and voted for major bipartisan COVID relief measures that became law, including the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on March 18, 2020, and the CARES Act on March 27, 2020. He also publicly described pushing for follow-up bipartisan relief later that year. Because the promised conduct and relief efforts occurred in office during the same term and were tied to enacted bipartisan legislation, this is best scored as delivered rather than merely partial.
Tillis publicly committed to working in a bipartisan way on relief for North Carolina families and during his term key bipartisan COVID-19 relief bills passed (Families First Coronavirus Response Act, P.L. 116-127 on 3/18/2020, and the CARES Act, P.L. 116-136 on 3/27/2020). Tillis voted for and publicly supported those bipartisan packages and issued press statements backing follow-up relief (including December 2020 bipartisan packages). Those actions and enacted laws constitute concrete bipartisan solutions and relief during the referenced crisis in his term, satisfying the promise.
Tillis promised to continue bipartisan work on relief for North Carolina families during the COVID-19 crisis. During the same Senate term and 2020 campaign context, he supported and voted for major bipartisan COVID relief measures that became law, including the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the CARES Act. Because the promise was framed as continued bipartisan work to secure crisis relief, not as sole authorship of a specific bill, his participation in enacted bipartisan relief legislation is sufficient for delivery.