面对来自进步民主党的巨大压力，数百万美国人面临延长驱逐禁令被迫离开拜登总统周二表示，他的政府会宣布一个新的“安全阀”动作。
不久之后，疾病控制和预防中心发布命令，禁止在社区传播“大量和高水平”的县驱逐60天。
疾控中心主任罗谢尔·瓦伦斯基博士说，该机构已经确定，因未支付租金或住房费用而驱逐房客可能不利于减缓传播速度的公共卫生控制措施，指定地区的驱逐禁令将适用至10月3日。
“这项禁令是让人们呆在家里，远离聚集场所的正确做法新冠肺炎(新型冠状病毒肺炎)利差，”瓦伦斯基在一份声明中说公共卫生当局必须迅速采取行动，缓解这种驱逐的增加，这可能会增加新型冠状病毒传播出现新高峰的可能性。这种大规模驱逐和随之而来的公共健康后果将很难逆转。"
早些时候，拜登告诉记者，他希望疾控中心的“新暂停”将覆盖约90%的租房者，尽管他很快补充道，“我没有告诉他们必须做什么。”
与此同时，拜登表示，他不确定新的暂停是否会通过宪法审查，并预计会面临法律挑战，但他表示，他咨询的一些学者认为“这种努力是值得的。”
“我已经找到了宪法学者，以确定疾控中心判决的执行行动的最佳可能性是什么。从宪法上来说，他们能做什么最有可能通过审查?宪法奖学金的大部分说它不太可能通过宪法审查，第一。但有几位关键学者认为，这可能是值得的，值得努力，”他说。
拜登表示，“至少”当这种方式通过法院时，一些资金将能够到达苦苦挣扎的租房者手中。
众议院议长南希·佩洛西在拜登发言后发表声明称，疾控中心新的驱逐禁令将“与Covid感染水平挂钩。”
“今天是非常轻松的一天。由于拜登总统的领导，美国无数家庭迫在眉睫的被驱逐和被赶出街头的恐惧已经解除。救命来了!”她的声明是。
此前，佩洛西在周二上午的一次电话会议上告诉民主党核心小组，众议院不会回到华盛顿以立法方式处理已经失效的驱逐禁令，议员们加大了对拜登政府的压力，要求其加快分配国会分配的资金，以帮助在公共卫生紧急情况下提供租金援助。
财政部长珍妮特·耶伦(Janet Yellen)周二上午加入了民主党核心小组的电话会议，讨论通过各州和地方政府分配国会批准的近465亿美元租金援助，其中只有30亿美元已经分配。耶伦回答了核心小组关于延期的问题，因为民主党继续推动资金更快地流出。
目前还不完全清楚财政部还能做些什么来加速这笔钱的分配，但很明显，进步的民主党人对没有尽快采取行动感到愤怒，众议员柯里·布什也是如此。在国会大厦台阶上度过了四个晚上后，周二继续在那里集会，这已经是第五天了。
布什一直在国会大厦的台阶上露营
在拜登发表讲话之前，布什周二下午在国会大厦台阶上对记者发表讲话，再次呼吁国会和白宫延长驱逐禁令。
布什对记者说:“我们希望白宫结束这一驱逐禁令。
当新计划的消息浮出水面时，她发推，“周五晚上，我带着椅子来到国会大厦。我拒绝接受国会可以在1100万人面临驱逐的情况下休假。五天来，我们一直在这里，要求我们的政府采取行动拯救生命。今天，我们的运动移山。”
周五晚上，我带着椅子来到国会大厦。我拒绝接受国会可以在1100万人面临驱逐的情况下休假。五天来，我们一直在这里，要求我们的政府采取行动拯救生命。今天，我们的运动移山。
—柯里·布什(@科里布什)2021年8月3日
布什后来说，既然疾控中心已经采取行动，她将结束抗议。
“我打算回家，”有人问她是否会继续在国会大厦台阶上抗议后，布什笑着说。
“积极分子在国会!”布什对掌声说。
布什说，她回到自己的选区后会更有用，这样她就可以直接和选民一起解决他们的租房问题，避免被驱逐。
当其他成员谈到布什在过去几天的努力时，布什哭了，纽约州众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯迅速走过去拥抱了她。
参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默给了她一个拥抱。
与此同时，参议院民主党领袖和共和党领袖都没有暗示，在众议院未能在休会前延长暂停令后，上议院将或应该立即采取任何行动来解决这个问题。
共和党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔(Mitch McConnell)在每周新闻发布会上辩称，帮助陷入困境的租房者的资金已经被送往各州，现在他们有责任将这些资金支付给陷入困境的租房者。
“看起来钱在那里，”麦康奈尔说，指的是州政府。“这似乎不符合或不需要任何额外的立法行动，他们需要把已经到位的钱拿出来，这样才能解决问题。”
舒默说，参议院重点敦促政府、各州和地方延长暂停令，并敦促各州发放租金减免资金。
拜登政府周一宣布了一系列防止驱逐的新措施，但没有达到民主党人推动的全面延期，白宫官员继续辩称，最高法院的一项裁决限制了他们做更多的事情，该裁决称国会必须采取行动延长暂停令。
就在禁令到期前几天，佩洛西和众议院民主党人措手不及，对白宫在这个问题上缺乏参与感到沮丧。
布什说，她无家可归的经历让她对这种灾难性的情况有了难以置信的独特见解——家庭被赶出家门，可能被迫流落街头。
包括得克萨斯州众议员希拉·李庚翔和阿尔·格林在内的其他民主党议员也加入了她的行列，他们表示，即使国会不在，他们也会继续起草立法。
布什说，佩洛西一直“支持”她，并与她“沟通”，因为她继续在国会大厦台阶上抗议。
她还告诉记者她周一与副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯的谈话。
布什说:“我想让她看着我的眼睛，我也想看着她的眼睛，但我想让她看到我灵魂深处的痛苦是什么样的。“那离我一点也不远，那些日子我一直在街上开着车，在圣路易斯市内移动车辆，希望警察不会来，因为我们坐在车里。”
“我记得我的孩子在车里哭的那些时刻。我记得那种没有地方可去的感觉，”布什说。
After Biden proposes, CDC issues new 60-day eviction moratorium
Under heavy pressure from progressive Democrats to extend an eviction moratorium as millions of Americans facedbeing forced outof their homes, President Joe Biden on Tuesday said his administrationwould announce a new"safety valve" action.
Shortly afterward, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order barring evictions for 60 days in counties with "substantial and high levels" of community transmission.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the agency had determined the evictions of tenants for failure to make rent or housing payments could be detrimental to public health control measures to slow the spread and that the eviction moratorium in the designated areas would apply until Oct. 3.
"This moratorium is the right thing to do to keep people in their homes and out of congregate settings whereCOVID-19spreads," Walensky said in a statement. "It is imperative that public health authorities act quickly to mitigate such an increase of evictions, which could increase the likelihood of new spikes in SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Such mass evictions and the attendant public health consequences would be very difficult to reverse."
Earlier, Biden told reporters that what he hoped would be a "new moratorium" from the CDC would cover about 90% of renters, although he quickly added, "I didn't tell them what they had to do."
At the same time, Biden said that he isn't sure if the new moratorium would pass constitutional muster and expects legal challenges, but he said that some scholars he consulted think "it's worth the effort."
"I've sought out constitutional scholars to determine what is the best possibility that would come from executive action of the CDC's judgment. What could they do that was most likely to pass muster, constitutionally? The bulk of the constitutional scholarship says that it's not likely to pass constitutional muster, number one. But there are several key scholars who think that it may and it's worth the effort," he said.
Biden said "at a minimum" that by the time this works its way through the courts, some of the funds will be able to reach renters who are struggling.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement after Biden spoke saying a new CDC eviction moratorium would be "tied to Covid infection levels."
"Today is a day of extraordinary relief. Thanks to the leadership of President Biden, the imminent fear of eviction and being put out on the street has been lifted for countless families across America. Help is Here!" her statement read.
The move comes after Pelosi told the Democratic caucus on a call Tuesday morning that the chamber is not returning to Washington to deal with the lapsed eviction moratorium legislatively and as lawmakers have amped up pressure on the Biden administration to expedite distributing congressionally allocated funds to help with rental assistance amid the public health emergency.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen joined the Democratic caucus call Tuesday morning to talk about the distribution of nearly $46.5 billion in congressionally approved rental assistance through states and local governments, of which only $3 billion has been distributed. Yellen fielded questions from the caucus about the delays as Democrats continued to push for getting the funds out more quickly.
It is not entirely clear what more the Treasury Department can do to accelerate distributing the money, but it is clear progressive Democrats are livid that action wasn't taken sooner -- with Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., leading the charge and continuing to rally on the Capitol steps Tuesday for a fifth day after spending four nights there.
Bush has been camping out on the Capitol steps
Before Biden spoke, Bush spoke to reporters on the Capitol steps Tuesday afternoon, again calling on Congress and the White House to extend the eviction moratorium.
"We want the White House to end this eviction moratorium," Bush told reporters.
When word of a new plan surfaced, shetweeted, "On Friday night, I came to the Capitol with my chair. I refused to accept that Congress could leave for vacation while 11 million people faced eviction. For 5 days, we've been out here, demanding that our government acts to save lives. Today, our movement moved mountains."
On Friday night, I came to the Capitol with my chair. I refused to accept that Congress could leave for vacation while 11 million people faced eviction.For 5 days, we've been out here, demanding that our government acts to save lives.Today, our movement moved mountains.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush)August 3, 2021
Bush later said she was ending her protest now that the CDC has acted.
"I plan to go home," Bush said with a laugh, after someone asked her if she will continue her protest on the Capitol steps.
"Activists are in Congress!" Bush said to applause.
Bush said she will be more useful back in her home district so that she can directly work with her constituents to figure out their rental assistance and avoid eviction.
As other members spoke about Bush's efforts over the last several days, Bush broke down in tears and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. quickly walked over and embraced her.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gave her a hug.
At the same time, neither the Senate's Democratic leader nor the Republican leader suggested that the upper chamber will or should take any immediate action to address the problem after the House failed to extend the moratorium before adjourning for its recess.
GOP Leader Mitch McConnell argued in his weekly press conference that the funds to help struggling renters have already been sent to states and that it's now their responsibility to disburse those funds to struggling renters.
"It looks like the money is there," McConnell said, referring to state governments. "It doesn't seem to meet or require any additional legislative action they need to get the money out there that has already been made available so it can solve the problem."
Schumer said the Senate is focused on urging the administration and states and localities to extend moratoriums and urging states to disburse rent relief funds.
The Biden administration had announced Monday a series of new measures to prevent evictions -- but they fell short of the full extension Democrats pushed for, with White House officials continuing to argue they're constrained from doing more by a Supreme Court ruling that said Congress must act to extend a moratorium.
Pelosi and House Democrats were caught flat-footed and left frustrated at the lack of involvement from the White House on the issue just days before the moratorium expired.
Bush said her experience with homelessness gives her an incredibly unique insight into this devastating situation -- when families are booted from their homes and potentially forced to live on the streets.
She was joined by other Democratic lawmakers, including Texas Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Al Green, who said even though Congress is not in town, they will continue to work on drafting legislation.
Bush said that Pelosi has been "supportive" and "communicative" with her as she continued to protest on the Capitol steps.
She also told reporters about her conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday.
"I wanted her to look me in my eyes and I wanted to look in hers, but I wanted her to see down to my soul what pain looks like," Bush said. "That is not far from me at all, the days that I've been out in the car on the street moving the vehicle around the city of St. Louis hoping that the police didn't come because we were sitting in the car."
"I remember those moments with my babies crying in the car. And I remember what that was like and not having a place to go," Bush said.
