Democrats pitched a new bill that, if passed, could give Americans who make less than $120,000 a monthly stimulus check of $2000.
The bill, proposed by Sens. Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Ed Markey, would allow couples who file together to receive $4,000 and an additional $2000 per child up to three children.
The checks would continue until 90 days after the pandemic.
Harris said the bill was to show that previously passed relief bills were not “nearly enough to meet the needs of this historic crisis.”
Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter!
A week of political news in your in-box.
We find the news you need to know, so you don't have to.
Markey said the checks would be “the most direct and efficient mechanism for delivering economic relief to those most vulnerable.”
“Congress has a responsibility to make sure that every working-class household in America receives a $2,000 emergency payment a month for each family member,” Sanders added.
Once the Human Services Department declares the public health emergency is over, the checks would stop going out three months after that.
The announcement of the bill came as the U.S. reached 14.7 percent. This is the highest the unemployment rate has been since the Great Depression. However, President Donald Trump said those numbers were “totally expected.”
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banned noncompete agreements in a 3-2 vote. The…
A proposed bill in California would prohibit security screening company CLEAR from skipping the general…
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a challenge to a law allowing…
The Arizona House of Representatives failed to advance a repeal of the state's 160-year-old abortion…
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) signed a bill restoring criminal charges in cases of hard drug possession.…
President Joe Biden's administration announced the first-ever national limits on toxic "forever chemicals" in drinking water. This…