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Stimulus Checks
capitol hill
Apr. 16, 2021
Chuck Schumer Has Changed Why is the former “angry centrist” pushing his party to go bigger, bolder, and more progressive?
By Gabriel Debenedetti
stimulus checks
Mar. 16, 2021
Third Stimulus Checks: Everything You Need to Know President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief package includes $1,400 stimulus checks. Here’s who’s eligible and when the payments should arrive.
By Ed Kilgore
Stimulus Checks Could Arrive This Weekend: White House Minutes after Biden signed the stimulus package, press secretary Jen Psaki said Americans could see the third check in their bank account within days.
By Nia Prater
stimulus checks
Mar. 3, 2021
Moderate Democrats Strip Stimulus Checks From 12 Million Voters for No Reason By narrowing eligibility for COVID relief payments, Senate Democrats will save a negligible amount of money at a high political cost.
By Eric Levitz
covid-19 stimulus
Feb. 22, 2021
House Prepares to Pass Biden’s COVID Relief Bill This Week The bill should easily clear this first hurdle, but there will probably be more drama in the Senate.
By Ed Kilgore
american rescue plan
Feb. 5, 2021
Democrats Get Down to Writing Biden’s Stimulus Bill Now comes the hard part: writing Biden’s plans into legislation, and getting a reconciliation bill through a narrowly divided Congress.
By Ed Kilgore
stimulus checks
Feb. 3, 2021
By Eric Levitz
covid-19 stimulus
Feb. 1, 2021
Republicans Offer Another Very Skinny Stimulus Proposal Biden has agreed to talk to the Republican senators, but a deal is unlikely unless he maintains the freedom to quickly follow up with a partisan bill.
By Ed Kilgore
How BidenWorld Is Scrambling to Prepare for January 21 His much-needed recovery agenda will have to weave its way through a Washington that is about to be increasingly distracted by Trump’s re-impeachment.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
covid stimulus
Jan. 15, 2021
The Good, the Bad, and the Odd in Biden’s Stimulus Plan Uncle Joe is turning the money printer up to 11 — at least, if 10 Senate Republicans let him.
By Eric Levitz
Senate Overrides Trump’s Veto of National Defense Authorization Act But a last-ditch effort to increase COVID stimulus checks to $2,000 failed.
By Chas Danner
coronavirus stimulus
Dec. 30, 2020
Will We Get a Second Round of COVID-19 Stimulus Checks? The second stimulus bill signed by Trump on Sunday includes $600 checks for Americans eligible for the $1,200 payments in the CARES Act.
By Ed Kilgore
McConnell Kills $2,000 Stimulus Checks With Poison Pills The wily Senate leader is insisting on attaching the bigger checks to demands Democrats won’t accept. It’s his excuse for doing nothing.
By Ed Kilgore
georgia senate runoffs
Dec. 30, 2020
The GOP Just Let Democrats Have Their Stimulus and Campaign On It Too Thanks to Trump’s $2,000 check demand, Democrats were able to secure economic relief while retaining it as an issue in the Georgia runoffs.
By Eric Levitz
stimulus checks
Dec. 29, 2020
$2,000 Stimulus Checks Are Poorly Targeted and That’s Fine This isn’t the best way to spend $460 billion more on relief. But it’s the only way of doing it that Donald Trump supports.
By Eric Levitz
Why Did McConnell Block $2,000 Stimulus Checks? Trump wants it. Georgia’s embattled Republican senators want it. Mitch says no — for now.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Dec. 27, 2020
Trump Keeps Golfing As Jobless COVID Aid Expires, Shutdown Nears The president’s refusal to sign the bipartisan omnibus spending bill, which includes $900 billion in COVID relief, is already having consequences.
By Chas Danner
Republicans Buck Trump, Reject Proposal for $2,000 Stimulus Checks The entire $900 billion package may be in danger and a government shutdown could also happen.
By Charlotte Klein
covid-19 stimulus
Dec. 21, 2020
Second Stimulus Deal May Be Last Gasp of Bipartisanship Democratic underperformance in the election and Republican underestimation of the pandemic made a deal possible. But don’t count on much else.
By Ed Kilgore
Republicans Remember to Care About the Deficit at the Worst Possible Moment After taking a few years off, Republican austerity warriors are trying to shrink the stimulus bill at the last possible moment and hamstring Biden.
By Ed Kilgore
covid-19 stimulus
Dec. 18, 2020
Trump Nearly Blew Up Stimulus Talks With Demand for a Big Second Check Trump wants the kind of spending that horrifies most of his closest allies in Congress.
By Ed Kilgore
stimulus checks
Dec. 17, 2020
COVID Stimulus Checks to Come at the Unemployed’s Expense Congress is poised to take benefits from the jobless to give checks to virtually all households. Is that a progressive trade?
By Eric Levitz
covid-19 stimulus
Dec. 2, 2020
Democrats Revive Stimulus Negotiations Pelosi and Schumer are accepting a modest compromise bill as the basis for talks. If McConnell plays ball, it can happen fast.
By Ed Kilgore
lame-duck session
Nov. 16, 2020
Lame-Duck Session Begins With Low Expectations Leadership elections should confirm the status quo, and there will likely be another stopgap spending bill with limited COVID-19 stimulus.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Nov. 13, 2020
Does Biden’s Election Help or Hurt Prospects for a Stimulus Deal? It’s unlikely anything will happen before the two Georgia runoffs determine Senate control, unless everything goes haywire.
By Ed Kilgore
covid-19 stimulus
Oct. 26, 2020
Another Day of Overtime Stimulus Talks Ends With No Deal Both sides are accusing the other of “moving the goal posts,” but in the end, it’s Trump who needs a preelection announcement.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 23, 2020
How a Second Stimulus Check Could Be Approved After the Election If Pelosi and Mnuchin can’t do a deal before Election Day, a lot of possibilities and perils will emerge — not all of them good.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 21, 2020
Will McConnell Really Blow Up a Trump-Blessed Stimulus Deal? It’s unlikely that McConnell would defy Trump over something he really wanted, but time itself could prevent pre-election passage of a bill.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 20, 2020
Why Trump Should Just Cave to Pelosi on Stimulus Deal Trump is losing his advantage over Biden in managing the economy. A last-minute stimulus deal may be the only way to get it back.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 19, 2020
Judgment Day for a Stimulus Deal Has Arrived Trump will finally have to stop sending mixed signals.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 16, 2020
Why Doesn’t Trump Just Tell Mnuchin to Take a Deal? Trump might blame Pelosi or McConnell for failure to get a deal and a second stimulus check. But if any deal is better than none, it’s in his hands.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 14, 2020
Mitch McConnell Preps New Skinny Stimulus Bill With Skinny Checks The latest Republican proposal would be DOA with Democrats, so it looks like another means to just appease Trump.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 9, 2020
Erratic Trump Is All Over the Place on Stimulus Deal Much as Trump wants to sign new checks, it’s hard to see how a deal gets done with the president sowing chaos and Pelosi holding all the cards.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 9, 2020
Trump Tries to Revive Stimulus Talks He Blew Up He is suddenly all-in on striking an argument, but so far Nancy Pelosi is unmoved.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 7, 2020
After Killing Stimulus, Trump Tries to Revive Deal by Shouting on Twitter A day after blowing up stimulus negotiations, Trump issued unilateral demands for a deal on Twitter, increasing concerns that he’s losing his grip.
By Ed Kilgore
coranvirus stimulus
Oct. 6, 2020
Trump Pulls Plug on Stimulus Talks, Promises COVID Relief ‘After I Win’ In an inscrutable decision, Trump flushed prospects for a second stimulus check and a boost to the economy — quite possibly until late January.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 5, 2020
White House COVID-19 Outbreak Will Make or Break Stimulus Deal Trump is tweeting encouragement for a deal as Pelosi and Mnuchin continue talks. But a COVID-19–stricken Senate isn’t around to approve it.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Oct. 2, 2020
As Stimulus Talks Go Into Overtime, Pelosi Sends Mixed Signals Despite passing a Democratic “messaging” bill, Pelosi is still negotiating with Mnuchin on a COVID-19 stimulus compromise.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 30, 2020
Last-Gasp Stimulus Talks Proceed With Time Running Out A compromise bill brought the previously successful negotiating team of Steven Mnuchin and Nancy Pelosi to the table.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 24, 2020
Pelosi to Test How Badly Trump Wants His Signature on More Stimulus Checks The ballgame may now depend on whether Trump wants his signature on a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks badly enough to accept Pelosi’s deal.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 22, 2020
Will Distractions Kill COVID-19 Stimulus Talks Until After the Election? Now there’s a bitter Supreme Court confirmation fight and a possible government shutdown dividing the parties and distracting their leaders.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 18, 2020
Trump Nibbles at Stimulus Compromise As Pressure for Deal Increases The stalemated talks may unfreeze as Trump calls for compromise and restive Democrats press Pelosi to cut a deal.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 16, 2020
Why the Second Coronavirus Stimulus Package Remains Stalled Since Democrats have the upper hand in stimulus talks, Pelosi is counting on Trump to return to the table, whether Republicans like it or not.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 15, 2020
Bipartisan Stimulus Bill Offers Down-the-Middle Compromise, Plus a Second Check Leaders of the Problem Solvers Caucus have acknowledged that they’re mainly hoping to jump-start negotiations. Trump may be most likely to bite.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 8, 2020
Republican ‘Skinny Stimulus’ Bill Just a Feeble Gesture Once this effort to get all Senate Republicans on board with a partisan proposal is past, maybe real negotiations can resume.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 3, 2020
Why the Deal to Avoid a Government Shutdown May Be Bad News Usually a deal that averts a shutdown is a good thing, but there’s a catch this time.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 1, 2020
Mark Meadows Has Been a Game Changer in Stimulus Talks, and Not in a Good Way As Mnuchin’s “chaperone” and a world-class deal-breaker, the White House chief of staff may be the fly in the ointment.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Aug. 27, 2020
Republicans Abandon Stimulus Checks As Talks Slip to End of Fiscal Year The effort to provide badly needed COVID-19 relief and stimulus just got delayed and complicated once again as Republicans refuse to budge.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Aug. 7, 2020
Stimulus Talks Have Become a Huge Mess As bipartisan stimulus talks break down, Trump moves toward highly controversial executive orders that will invite court challenges.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
July 30, 2020
Stimulus Talks Hit Impasse With Republicans in Disarray At the moment, Democrats hold all the cards as Trump calls for stopgap deal on unemployment insurance and evictions.
By Ed Kilgore
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