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Stimulus Package
The coronavirus relief package will deliver stimulus checks and other economic relief to Americans.
The White House is ready for the fight, drawing lessons from Republicans successful campaign against the 2009 stimulus.
The $1.9 trillion bill is overwhelmingly popular. But its ultimate success will depend on government agencies tasked with executing several large relief programs.
The stimulus package will include $1,400 stimulus checks, extend weekly unemployment benefits and increase the child tax credit.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The American Rescue Plan transforms a sleepy tax credit into a child allowance for the vast majority of families.
It may be overshadowed by stimulus checks and unemployment benefits, but the money for multiemployer pension funds could save workers' retirements.
He kept Democrats united on a $1.9 trillion bill he called one of the most progressive pieces of legislation if not the most progressive in decades.
The big story isn't what Biden and Democratic leaders gave away. It's what they got and the boost it provides future efforts.
Millions of Americans would benefit from the provision in the Senate bill, which could become law as early as next week.
Support for increasing the minimum wage to $15 was near-universal among Democrats.
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