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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (New York), sent a letter to his peers on the bench to support the approval of the third stimulus check as soon as possible.
“The emergency relief work against COVID is far from complete “, wrote. “Democrats wanted to do a lot more on the latest bill and promised to do more, if given the opportunity, to increase direct payments to a total of $ 2, 000. We will ”.
As of 20 January, Democrats will control the Senate as it is the inauguration date of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris .
It should be remembered that the positions are 50 – 50, but Vice President-elect Harris will also be the Speaker of the Senate.
Schumer is tasked with convincing a group of her colleagues who oppose more help, like Senator Joe Manchin (West Virginia).
“Absolutely not. No ”, told The Washington Post about new help . “Vaccinate people, that’s job number one … How is the money we invested now going to better help us to recover jobs and get jobs?”
There are doubts about the amount that would be approved, although specialists point out that would be at least $ 1, 80 dollars , considering the CASH Act, approved in the Chamber, in which the support of $ 600 at $ 2, 000 dollars of support.
The estimate Maximum mailing of the new check is March, when the benefits just approved end.
