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Congress to vote on stimulus bill sending most Americans $600, extending COVID-19 protections
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Many Americans and businesses could be receiving a financial boost in the coming days, thanks to a last minute Congressional scramble to pass a $900 billion relief bill intended to address economic hardships inflicted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Congressional leaders released the bill the result of eight months of negotiations in the twilight of the current Congressional session. Because of internal squabbles and a last minute computer glitch that delayed the printing and posting of the bill on Monday, members will only have a matter of hours to examine the legislation before they are expected to vote late on Monday.
Fight for stimulus checks for couples of mixed immigration status ends with partial victory
“It’s better than nothing but wildly insufficient in proportion to the actual problems,” says a Dallas man married to a Vietnamese immigrant.
Spouses Aaron Jones (right) and Trinh Nguyen pose for a portrait at their apartment complex in Dallas on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Jones, a U.S. citizen, and Nguyen, a Vietnamese-born legal resident, filed their joint federal income taxes this year with Jones’s Social Security Number and Nguyen’s ITIN, a tax identification number used by both legal immigrants and unauthorized immigrants a move that earlier this year knocked them both out of receiving about $2400 in federal stimulus check money offered this year due to the pandemic.(Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer)
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Millions of Americans Who Missed Out on Stimulus Checks Will Qualify Under New Deal
On 12/21/20 at 5:36 PM EST
Millions of American citizens who were previously denied a stimulus check as an unintended consequence of the CARES Act will soon be eligible for a new round of direct payments, in addition to the $1,200 individual checks they missed out on in the Spring.
In the $900 billion stimulus package set to be approved by Congress Monday night, lawmakers amended the eligibility for a new round of $600 checks to include American adults and children in mixed-status families, where at least one spouse is not a U.S. citizen. The legislation will also apply retroactively for the $1,200 individual payments doled out earlier this year.