Just last week, the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department announced that 1.8 million more coronavirus stimulus checks were issued under President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan. But is something bigger coming?
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(Photo : Jeff Fusco/Getty Images) Economic Stimulus Package Tax Rebate Checks Printed
PHILADELPHIA - MAY 8: Economic stimulus checks are prepared for printing at the Philadelphia Financial Center May 8, 2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One hundred and thirty million households are eligible to receive a tax rebate check under the $168 billion economic stimulus plan.
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President Biden is facing growing pressure to include another round of stimulus checks in the next relief bill, both in Congress and across the country.
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The prospect of a
fourth stimulus check has faded slightly in recent weeks as President Biden opts to focus on other legislative priorities.
In March and April he unveiled
two new large-scale spending packages, the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan, both of which aim to reverse the damage done by the pandemic and reshape the American economy.