U.S. President Joe Biden has vowed to get the country back on track when it comes to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, with measures including nationwide mask mandates, proper distribution of vaccines, and strengthening the testing facilities around the country.
White House announced on Monday that eligible Americans could receive their $1,400 stimulus checks by the end of the month after the Senate passed the measure with long deliberation over the weekend.
President Joe Biden has been busy signing more than 40 executive orders and memoranda in the past few days. But he still failed to make good on one of his key campaign promises: $2,000 stimulus checks.
President Joe Biden on Friday said that lawmakers in Congress need to take action right away on his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal. Biden noted that most economists believe that additional economic stimulus is necessary.
President Joe Biden signed two executive orders on Friday to provide aid to millions of Americans struggling financially amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked an attempt by House Democrats to increase the amount of the recently passed stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000.
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Stimulus package house vote will be held on Thursday, October 1, instead of Wednesday, September 30, in the hopes that a bipartisan deal will be reached to help Americans impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stimulus payments and $600 unemployment monthly checks are included in the scaled-back $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief package unveiled by the House Democrats on Monday, September 28.
Stimulus checks have already been sent out to millions of Americans but according to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), there are still about nine million who have not claimed their Economic Impact Payments (EIP).
A new stimulus package amounting to about $2.4 trillion is being prepared, and it will include a second round of stimulus checks or direct payments for Americans.
About two million Californians are urged to claim their first stimulus checks or otherwise known as the Economic Impact Payments (EIP) on or before October 15.