President Joe Biden signed his sweeping $1.9 trillion Covid-19 economic relief package into law on Thursday afternoon. “This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving people in this nation, working people, middle class folks, people who built the country, a fighting chance,” Biden said in the Oval Office before signing the legislation. “That’s […]
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The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan, paving the way for President Joe Biden to sign his top legislative priority into law later this week and deliver aid to most American households amid the pandemic. Passage of the bill marks the first major legislative achievement of the new administration and […]
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President Joe Biden has agreed to a compromise with moderate Democrats to narrow the income eligibility for the next round of $1,400 stimulus checks that are included in a bill the Senate is expected to take up this week, according to CNN. That means 7 million fewer families will receive a partial payment than would have […]
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The House of Representatives is on track to approve President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package, a major step toward enacting the first legislative priority of the new administration as the devastating fallout from the spread of Covid-19 has left Americans in dire need of further relief. Due to House procedures, a vote is now not […]
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(CNN) — Millions of Americans may have to wait a little longer to receive their stimulus payments from the federal government due to a glitch in distribution that is expected to be fixed soon. The payments — worth up to $600 per taxpayer and $600 for each of their dependents — were part of the latest Covid […]
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(CNN) — Jobless Americans won’t lose out on any benefits in the $900 billion stimulus deal. The unemployed will get the $300 federal boost in weekly payments for the full 11 weeks, the Labor Department said. Also, those in two pandemic unemployment programs will receive benefits for the final week of the year. The duration of […]
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(CNN) — The House of Representatives on Monday passed a measure to increase stimulus checks for Americans under a certain income level to $2,000 after President Donald Trump championed the effort. The legislation, which passed with a 275-134 vote, comes a day after Trump signed a sweeping coronavirus relief bill into law Sunday evening. That measure, which […]
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