Lakewood family among the first to receive $600 stimulus payments
A mom from Lakewood received $1,800 in stimulus. Meanwhile, Congress debates the $2,000 stimulus bill.
LAKEWOOD, Wash. - Stimulus payments are beginning to show up in people’s bank accounts, including those right here in Western Washington. Out of the blue I got that email notification, like wait, what?! said Chrisanta Saldavia of Lakewood.
Saldavia was not expecting to see the stimulus money this soon. During the first round of stimulus payments, she had to wait nearly two months before seeing the $1,200.
This time, she received a total of $1,800 that accounts for herself and each of her two sons.
Thursday, December 31, 2020
The United Kingdom (UK) approved its second COVID-19 vaccine this week, while the European Union (EU) moved forward quickly with distribution of its first-approved vaccine to its Member States. United States (US) President Donald Trump signed another COVID relief measure linked to an Omnibus appropriations bill late on Sunday, after objecting initially to a number of provisions and calling for additional congressional action, which has kept the US Congress in Washington this week.
On the eve of Christmas Day, the UK and EU secured a deal outlining terms for the two trading partners after Britain exits the Customs Union on 31 December. This week, the EU also secured a deal with the People’s Republic of China (“China” or “PRC”) that addresses investments. Meanwhile, the US Government unveiled its new Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis (AIM) system and released two reports – one focused on human trafficking in the seafood su
Dems and GOP set to clash over $2,000 coronavirus relief payments; Reaction and analysis on The Five.
President Trump’s last-minute about-face on the size of stimulus checks for most Americans to help deal with the economic harm caused by the coronavirus pandemic has turned Washington upside down only days before a new Congress is sworn in.
Trump’s negotiators had agreed to $600 per person in stimulus checks and had gotten that measure through both the Democratic-controlled House and the Republican-controlled Senate before Christmas. The bill the payments were wrapped into was a typically flawed mixture of needed spending and slabs of Jimmy Dean-sized pork.
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