Unfortunately, the last ditch efforts to increase direct payments from $600 to $2,000 were not successful in Congress yesterday. This was despite pleas from lawmakers like Senate Minority Leader Chuck […]
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Last chance for $2,000 stimulus checks today
Update: Senate Republicans once again have blocked an effort to hold a vote on boosting the stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000. Republican leaders such as Mitch McConnell have criticized […]
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McConnell shoots down $2,000 stimulus checks
Talks are starting to heat up with respect to the $2,000 stimulus checks as time begins to run out on the current Congress session. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell continued to […]
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$2,000 stimulus check update: Any chance it passes?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday blocked legislation to send $2,000 payments to Americans. And later, more attempts to pass $2,000 payments were blocked by other Republican senators including Sen. […]
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New bill with $2,000 stimulus checks introduced but will it get passed?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday introduced a bill to increase the $600 stimulus checks to $2,000 and also included two other priorities for President Trump. The bill would also repeal section 230 […]
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McConnell blocks stimulus checks from going through
Update: Senator Mitch McConnell blocked blocked unanimous passage needed for the $2,000 coronavirus stimulus checks to proceed. Trump tweeted in response to the the move: “Unless Republicans have a death […]
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House passes $2,000 stimulus check bill
Update: The House officially passed the bill increasing stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000. The bill passed in a 275 – 134 vote so it was over 2/3 which is needed to […]
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Trump signs coronavirus stimulus bill
12/27/20 Update: President Trump just signed the coronavirus relief and government funding bill. This will allow major benefits like unemployment benefits to resume in a timely fashion and will avoid […]
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Stimulus benefits expire as huge vote approaches
One of the most important stimulus benefits that millions of Americans have relied upon to stay afloat during the pandemic expired overnight. These are the unemployment benefits that went out […]
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More support growing for $2,000 stimulus checks
Update: President Trump has refused to sign the new stimulus bill and has expressed his support for larger $2,000 direct payments. There are many Democrats on board with increased direct […]
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