Warren and Markey want Biden to include recurring direct payments in his wider economic package
By Shannon Larson Globe Staff,Updated March 2, 2021, 6:00 a.m.
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Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Ed Markey at the Boston Harbor in 2017.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff/The Boston Globe
Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are calling on President Biden to include recurring direct payments and automatic unemployment insurance extensions tied to economic conditions in his Build Back Better plan.
The payments to Americans would come in addition to the $1,400 stimulus checks included in the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package passed by the House Saturday which could be taken up by the Senate as soon as mid-week.
A group of Senate Democrats is urging President Biden to support recurring stimulus checks for low-income Americans as part of his nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package.
"The beauty of cash:" An idea that's gaining momentum in cities across the nation, where pilot programs already send money to low-wage workers, many of them Black mothers.
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