By Benjamin Cox on December 22, 2020 at 11:02am
The first federal COVID-19 stimulus package since March is on its way. Several Illinois politicians weighed in on the 900 billion dollar legislation that received last minute approval. On the floor of the U.S. Senate on Monday, Sen. Dick Durbin says that Congress may have to come back to address the ongoing issues with unemployment throughout the country:
“Last week, a group of Democrats and Republicans-including myself-came together and introduced compromise emergency relief legislation in the areas where we could agree. This package did not include everything I think we needed. But after eight months of inaction, it served as the catalyst to move much-needed bipartisan COVID-19 relief forward to help American families and small businesses.
Too long.
So as Congress neared agreement on a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package Monday, workers like Sherman tried to soldier on as the deadline for action in Washington, D.C. â and Christmas â neared.
Sherman said she had more praise for the stateâs recent move to provide a $1,200 stimulus check than Congressâ plodding machinations.
âTo be honest, with it taking so long for Congress to pass another bill to extend unemployment benefits, I feel like I have learned not to expect the governmentâs help during this time and have tried to prepare financially as much as possible with the extra benefits,â Sherman said. âThe extra $300 a week [in the federal stimulus] is extremely helpful. It almost doubles what I make on unemployment, so it really makes a huge difference.â
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