Third stimulus check update: Progressives defend $1,400 payments as House prepares to vote
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
Posted Feb 22, 2021
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., supports the $1,400 stimulus checks for individuals making up to $75,000 and $2,800 for couples making up to $150,000.
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The head of the House Democrats’ progressive wing defended the $1,400 checks in President Joe Biden’s coronavirus stimulus bill on Sunday, while a GOP governor called for scaling back the package and the No. 2 House Republican dismissed polls showing strong support for the $1.9 trillion measure.
The comments came as the House prepared to vote this week on the stimulus bill under a process known as reconciliation that will prevent a Senate filibuster and allow the Democrats to pass the legislation by majority vote without any Republican support.
Senate Education Chair Patricia Rucker, R-Jefferson, speaking on the floor on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021.
Three years to the day since teachers and school service personnel in West Virginia went on strike calling for better pay and benefits, the state Senate has passed a bill making it clear that walking off the job is illegal for public employees.
Senate Bill 11 would codify a 1990 decision from the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals that stated work stoppages and strikes by public employees are illegal. The legal opinion did little to curb teacher strikes in two recent consecutive years first in 2018 and then again in 2019.
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