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Credit Blueroomstream.com One day after President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package, Illinois House Republicans called for the General Assembly to oversee the appropriation of funds in order to support businesses and individuals most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a Friday news conference, state Reps. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego, and C.D. Davidsmeyer, R-Jacksonville, urged responsibility in the allocation of federal funding and warned against using the stimulus as a “magic bailout” to fund new state programs. “These are dollars that are d...

>> reporter: this new real world study out of israel confirms the pfizer vaccine is effective, but another key finding here is that it's 94% effective against asymptomatic disease, which likely means it will also help to slow transmission of the virus. david? >> whit johnson, we know you and linsey davis will be here at the anchor desk this weekend and we'll be watching. thank you. and we have learned tonight that the treasury department has sent out the first of those $1,400 stimulus checks. about 85% of americans will get them. part of president biden's historic covid relief bill. and now ...

You might be wondering what that trillion-dollar stimulus package includes? Elected officials say more money is headed for low-income Americans and parents are getting an added bonus. Joe St. George reports.

With House passage, Congress clears stimulus plan for Biden’s signature

Samuel Corum/Getty Images A Pew survey found that only a third of Americans think Biden's stimulus bill is too big. While Republican lawmakers oppose the size of the bill, the majority of Republican voters support it. Regardless of party affiliation, lower-income households support the size; some say it's too low. President Joe Biden's stimulus bill is expected to reach its final vote on Wednesday, and according to a recent survey, only a third of Americans think the bill is too big. Since it was first introduced, Republican lawmakers have argued that the stimulu...