Stimulus checks offered a powerful economic lifeline to millions of Americans over the last couple of years. Especially in 2021, the second full year of the Covid pandemic, over the course of which the federal government sent out more than half a dozen stimulus checks. Tens of millions of families got a share of those …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom told reporters in recent days that a new round of Golden State Stimulus checks will “likely” be part of a May revision to his state budget proposal. That’s big news because Californians already benefited from one of the largest stimulus check efforts separate from the federal government’s. “We expect in the …
President Biden and Democrats in Congress are still deep in negotiations over the White House’s mega-ambitious Build Back Better domestic agenda, paring back the price tag of that agenda’s huge social spending bill by jettisoning features opposed by a couple of holdout Senate Democrats. One victim of the backdoor dealmaking? The popular child tax credit …
Less than a month ago, we laid out in detail the reasoning around why we think fourth stimulus checks aren’t happening anytime soon. And definitely not happening this year. If, and it’s a big if, one does end up coming to fruition at some point in the back half of 2021, however, we’ll at least …
Over the past twelve months, tens of millions of Americans have received three stimulus checks from the government to help them through the novel coronavirus pandemic. Studies have shown those payments had a pronounced impact on the economy, keeping countless families afloat that might have otherwise fallen into poverty. With over 25% of the US …
On Thursday, during his first press conference since taken office, President Joe Biden announced that more than 100 million stimulus checks had been delivered to eligible Americans. Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law on March 11th, and by March 17th, approximately 90 million payments had been disbursed, according to the Internal …
Weeks before President Biden was sworn in, he promised to get another round of stimulus checks out “immediately” when he took office. That turned out to be more difficult than he expected, but on Thursday, March 11th, Biden finally signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law, approving $1,400 Economic Impact …
President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law on Thursday, March 11th, and while some of the $1,400 stimulus checks approved by the bill began hitting bank accounts as early as last Friday, the vast majority of eligible Americans received their payments on Wednesday, March 17th. In fact, …
It has been nearly a week since President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, approving a third round of stimulus checks for millions of eligible Americans. Right after he signed the bill, White House press secretary Jen Psaki revealed that some direct deposits would begin hitting bank accounts as early as …
Following a contentious battle in Congress, the American Rescue Plan was finally signed into law by President Biden on Thursday, March 11th. Shortly afterward, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced that the third round of Economic Impact Payments should start going out as early as the coming weekend, and by March 12th, some eligible …
