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With federal stimulus payments unlikely, here are the 18 states giving money to residents in relief checks to combat inflation
With no public plans for federal stimulus checks, more than a dozen states instated their own relie…
Lauren Frias
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75% of Americans support Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill despite outcries from GOP lawmakers, a new poll finds
Republicans called out Biden's COVID-19 bill for a lack of bipartisanship, but a new poll shows tha…
Madison Hall
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez parodied GOP stance against $2,000 stimulus checks in a sarcastic tweet
On Monday, the House achieved the required two-thirds majority to pass a bill boosting the stimulus…
Lauren Frias
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White House indicates Trump will sign $900 billion stimulus deal brokered by Republicans and Democrats in Congress
The legislation includes $600 stimulus checks, $300 weekly unemployment benefits, small business ai…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Sen. Mark Warner signaled progress in Congress on the coronavirus relief package: 'Not going to be the Grinch'
Lawmakers most recently reportedly reached a compromise on the latest sticking point on the Federal…
Inyoung Choi
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Trump just cost jobless workers one week of federal unemployment assistance after he failed to sign the relief bill by midnight on Saturday
The president's push for $2,000 stimulus checks has threatened the federal unemployment benefits in…
Kelsey Vlamis,Joseph Zeballos…
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As another stimulus package hangs in the balance, some programs like unemployment benefits are set to expire by the end of March
The current package includes $1,400 stimulus checks, $400 payments in federal unemployment benefits…
Lauren Frias
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Mitch McConnell is reportedly taking the lead on stimulus negotiations as the Trump administration sits out
Joe Biden may also leap into the talks on a coronavirus relief plan. Democrats and Republicans are …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Bernie Sanders is 'confident' that the $15 minimum wage will remain in COVID-19 relief package
"Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is not 'incidental' to the federal budget and is permissib…
John L. Dorman
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Sen. Bernie Sanders slams Trump as 'unbelievably cruel' for not signing coronavirus relief package and holding up unemployment benefits
Sen. Bernie Sanders urged Trump to sign the bipartisan bill and lawmakers to "pass a $2,000 direct …
Inyoung Choi
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Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan is set to collide with Republicans - and it could force Democrats to scrap measures like a $15 minimum wage
The rescue package is already running into early Republican opposition that threatens provisions li…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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House Republicans block a Democratic attempt to advance $2,000 stimulus checks that Trump is pressing for
Nancy Pelosi blasted the move and said she would hold another vote on $2,000 direct payments early …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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'We are not leaving': Mitch McConnell pledges Congress won't break for the year until a stimulus plan is passed
"We're not leaving here without a COVID package," McConnell said at the weekly Republican press con…
Kimberly Leonard,Joseph Zebal…
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Bernie Sanders wants Democrats to push for $1,200 checks as part of next stimulus and take a hard line against coronavirus lawsuit protections
Sanders is leading a group of Senate Democrats in stepping up calls for $1,200 direct payments to b…
Kimberly Leonard,Joseph Zebal…
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi clashed with CNN's Wolf Blitzer over why Democrats haven't accepted the Trump administration's $1.8 trillion stimulus offer
"I hope you'll ask the same question of Republicans about why they don't really want to meet the ne…
Lauren Frias
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Biden says people need coronavirus relief 'right now' as Republican and Democratic divisions hold up a stimulus package and $1,200 checks
Democrats are seeking another stimulus package with federal unemployment benefits and direct paymen…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Joe Biden says he's willing to adjust income thresholds for stimulus checks in the new relief package
As negotiations in Congress kicked off, Biden said it might take several weeks to pass a relief pac…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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House approves key budget bill as Pelosi says Democrats will pass Biden's stimulus package by end of February
President Joe Biden gave one of the strongest signals yet that he was ready to move on his relief p…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Senate Democrats take the first step to pass Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package on their own as the administration stands by it
Biden said at a private lunch call with Senate Democrats there was danger in going too small and th…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Pelosi and Mnuchin are 'narrowing their differences' on a stimulus package as the deadline for a deal looms
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will speak again on Tuesday to see if th…