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Flush with pandemic cash, from Tacoma to Gainesville, scores of local administrations are trying out guaranteed payouts to poor households in the region of $250-$1,000 per month.
Taxpayers in lower income groups benefited from the President's2001 tax law. Some lawmakers, in a recent controversy over the 2003tax law, seek to send larger checks to families who already pay nofederal income taxes and already receive a check from thegovernment.
<p>Lame-duck sessions of Congress are now poorly named. It is true that many of the members voting in the House and Senate will not be returning next year, hence the adjective "lame." But lame-duck sessions can be enormously productive precisely because those members who are not returning can vote their conscience free from concern of party or voter disapproval.</p>
A pandemic-era program that sent monthly checks of up to $300 per child to most families drove down poverty rates. Amid new research about its merits, some Democrats are vowing to bring it back.
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