The good news is that there will be direct help of $ 1, 400 and a salary increase was integrated to $ 15 Dollars
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Monday, December 23
What will delay the stimulus check in Congress now?
Actually, the integration process of the economic stimulus package against COVID – 19 I dont know arrested former president Donald Trump , although now the congressmen can focus one hundred percent.
The bad news is that starting this Monday, the congressmen have a “state work period” scheduled, which means rest of their work in Washington, although the committees could continue with remote meetings on some subject of the package of $ 1.9 billion dollars , but no major decisions would be made.
This means that the $ 1 stimulus check, 400 and various grants for businesses, state and local governments, schools, as well as more funds for the fight against pandemic will take longer to be approved.
Last week, the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, chaired by Richard Neal (Massachusetts), voted to approve a portion of the plan, in a vote of 24 to 18.
The bill will be voted “in parts”, since the Senate will apply the Budget Reconciliation process to endorse the package with a simple majority, without the help from Republicans, though some are expected to back the bill.
Both the House as the Senate will return on 22 February
to resume work on the package.
With the progress in the Committee, it is expected that the proposal will be voted on in the plenary session of the Chamber before the end of the month and although that does not happen, the legislators do not intend to extend the approval beyond the 14 of March, as it is when federal unemployment benefits under the aid package approved in December end.
The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (California), confirmed last Thursday that the aid package will be approved on a At the end of February, it would be sent to the Senate “immediately.”
The Senate Budget Committee, chaired by the independent Bernie Sanders (Vermont), continues to integrate his proposal.
And then by when?
One of the great achievements so far is that the Chamber approved the increase in salary at the national level to $ 15 dollars, after the Progressive Caucus managed to integrate the proposal, celebrated by Senator Sanders, one of the promoters.
If the new calendar drawn by Pelosi is closely followed, it is possible that The IRS begins the direct distribution of funds to families the second week of March, considering the approval times in the House, then the Senate and the signing of the law by the President Joe Biden , who would have no objection, as he has advanced.
Paper checks and Economic Impact Payment (EIP) cards will take longer to process, but may begin shipping on 14 March and prepaid cards in the week of 22 March.
Again, that calendar is hypothetical, as it will depend on the final work in the Senate.
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