Stimulus Package

The White House is under pressure to make this a permanent benefit, rather than offer another short-term extension.
"If you wanted to take credit for it, you probably should've voted for it," one critic tweeted.
Many in the party see stimulus checks, an infrastructure plan, and tax hikes on the rich as key to winning working-class votes.
Republicans are mad that the American Rescue Plan may stifle state tax cuts.
When the coronavirus pandemic erased nearly 1.4 million public sector jobs, the losses disproportionately hit Black families.
The IRS hasn't received the payment information it requested to send checks to Social Security recipients.
The American Rescue Plan will surely transform American lives. Will it also transform American politics?
Monthly? Biannually? There's no word yet on the frequency of new child benefit payments later this year.
Wells Fargo and Chase won't start processing federal stimulus direct deposits until March 17.
Republicans spent the week in a frenzy over "The Cat in the Hat" while Democrats ensured another round of stimulus checks reaches Americans, she said.