House passes Joe Biden's COVID relief
bill with $1,400 stimulus checks,
legislation heads to Senate
USA Today,
by
Ledyard King
,
Nicholas Wu
&
Christal Hayes
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
2/27/2021 2:17:30 AM
WASHINGTON—The Democratically-controlled House approved President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package early Saturday, a key step for a measure that would provide millions of Americans $1,400 stimulus payments, ramp up vaccine distribution and extend unemployment aid through the summer. The bill known as the American Rescue Plan passed 219-212. No Republicans voted for it, and two Democrats voted against it: Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., and Jared Golden, D-Maine. The measure now heads to the Senate where it faces a rocky path in the evenly divided chamber.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Trigger2 2/27/2021 2:36:04 AM (No. 709491)
Piglousi doesn't care about funding COVID; she's only interested in the 90% pork the bill contains.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
OhioNick 2/27/2021 3:45:41 AM (No. 709507)
Think about it. If all the money in this bill actually went to Americans, they would be getting checks for $14,000 each instead of $1,400.
37 people like this.
Crumbs for you. Millions for friends. Never mind it's tax dollars
Burning the midnight oil while this could have been done "before the election, not after"
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
OBX Pete 2/27/2021 4:29:56 AM (No. 709520)
Where's my $600 dollar check from the last give-away? I never received that and now they are going to send me $1,400
more? It all sounds good to say "the check is in the mail" but I can't spend money that I don't have ..........like the democrats do !!!!!!!!
18 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
mifla 2/27/2021 5:41:35 AM (No. 709536)
Pork, pork, and more pork. Vote buying is expensive. Apologies to future generations.
22 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 2/27/2021 6:03:18 AM (No. 709545)
President Trumps economy was based upon people working and doing stuff. China Joes economy will be based on the printing press and spending money we don’t have.
39 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
lakerman1 2/27/2021 6:22:07 AM (No. 709561)
#4, the 600 dollars will be sent with your federal income tax refund.
I continue to recommend the purchase of silver coins (1 dollar standing liberty, current year) and one ounce gold standing liberty coins, with my preference being silver before gold.
Good investment for Kung Flu money.
8 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 2/27/2021 6:41:48 AM (No. 709572)
Not entirely the case #7. People are receiving the $600. . .
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Rinktum 2/27/2021 7:03:36 AM (No. 709581)
This monstrosity an abomination. Democrats should be challenged to explain why 91% of the bill is pork. This is nothing more than democrat money laundering and kick backs. Republicans as a group should be on the Capitol Building steps (if they are allowed) denouncing this. Truth be told, democrats wouldn’t be giving the American taxpayer a dime but they needed to keep them under control and what better way than throwing some cash at them. This is despicable.
26 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Krause 2/27/2021 7:12:56 AM (No. 709589)
The democrat party is just irresponsible, and dishonest. They care nothing about the national debt. They let rioters destroy their cities. They make terrible decisions. They screw up everything they touch. CNN thinks they're great, though, and they're a big part of the team.
16 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
lakerman1 2/27/2021 7:29:27 AM (No. 709600)
#8, you have got to pay better attention here!
#4 didn't get the 600 dollars yet, wondered where it was, and I told #4 how he or she would get it. The IRS just sent a national mailing explaining how those who had not received the 600 would get it - as part of their federal income tax refund.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
worried 2/27/2021 8:14:57 AM (No. 709625)
#11, what if you have no refund coming? Will that $600 count as a refund, and you must file to get it? Doesn't seem fair, as so many did get the money, yet others are being forced to work to get theirs! My neighbor is a widow, elderly, and on unemployment, and could really use the $600. Yet I, who can get along without it, got mine right away.
5 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
udanja99 2/27/2021 8:52:18 AM (No. 709663)
#12, the IRS will probably just deduct it from what you owe. In the last 40 years, hubby and I have received a refund just once and it was due to massive out-of-pocket medical expenses.
5 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
smokincol 2/27/2021 9:11:59 AM (No. 709691)
now the wait,
to see what happens,
to our tax rate
this congress has proven to be the most corrupt in the history of our nation..
10 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 2/27/2021 9:14:05 AM (No. 709694)
If Pelosi won, that means America lost.
12 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Zigrid 2/27/2021 9:44:27 AM (No. 709725)
The DC Dems are nervous about President Trump's speech at CPAC... this passage was done to divert attention back to Washington...BTW... last evening I watched The Manchurian Candidate with Frank Sinatra and Lawrence Harvey...it rang true... make sure you get the original copy... hollyweird has "tweaked" the original if you order it on cable...Angela Langsbury's buffon husband remind you of someone? I'm reminded of the Chinese diplomate that smirked and laughed about having people in high places in government in Washington on THEIR side...
4 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
bogeegolf 2/27/2021 10:23:51 AM (No. 709782)
Either way everything thing I get for Covid relief is going to pay taxes so I have been putting off doing them. I haven’t got the 600 so thanks for the info everyone. Thanks for the crumbs Nancy.
3 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
Phantomll 2/27/2021 10:26:13 AM (No. 709785)
A trillion here, a trillion there...
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
anniebc 2/27/2021 10:33:19 AM (No. 709797)
xiden promised $2000 stimulus checks, not $1400. The sheeple will never forget this broken promise! I will remind those I know so they don't forget.
3 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
kono 2/27/2021 11:27:15 AM (No. 709872)
Dems must be in despair over 2020, too. They're committing economic suicide less than 2 months into Biden's term.
3 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
The Remnants 2/27/2021 12:24:15 PM (No. 709921)
Some conservative think tank should create some web-site where everyone can go to and learn exactly what is in these bills.
3 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
wakeupcall 2/27/2021 12:33:01 PM (No. 709929)
But $8.5 Billion of farm damage in Iowa is not needed and removed from the Marxist Communist democrat political payoff er "Rescue Bill" because people don't need any farmers. The illiterate imbeciles can eat "CAKE".
Hey, didn't that statement cost some political leaders their heads somewhere.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 2/27/2021 1:16:35 PM (No. 709961)
“The house”.....
Can you think of a bigger load of clowns?
Besides a circus?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
NotaBene 2/27/2021 1:45:37 PM (No. 709979)
Same as the Recovery Act Hussein Obola blew away on the Unions when the Kenyan took power. Thank God The Donald gave us a 4-year respite from Marxism. MAGAA.
4 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
Casper27 2/27/2021 3:04:53 PM (No. 710027)
America is a rich country. Trump proved it and it made them mad. They have been robbing us.
I want the money. They owe me for stealing my vote. You owe me America.
Pay up.
You have been robbing us, so pay up.
I make the tightwads mad.....they think America is poor...America is worth many many trillions.
They should pay us 10 k per family.
You owe me 100k for Vietnam and almost dying.
3 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
DVC 2/27/2021 3:24:16 PM (No. 710044)
If I get a $1400 check, I'll send it all to Trump, immediately.
2 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 2/27/2021 4:17:10 PM (No. 710059)
$1,400 to some percentage of peasants who have been locked out of their jobs for a year by Government Decree... and $21,000 to Federal Government employees who got their paychecks whether they had to come into work or not.
And a trillion dollars to foreign governments and foreign peoples.
Some 'Covid Relief Bill'
Grovel and kiss the boots of your rulers, peasants.
You are paying for this now, out of your own pockets and future income and hyperinflation, as will be your children and grandchildren, (if by some miracle the nation exists that long)
5 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
Saluda Coondog 2/27/2021 4:59:59 PM (No. 710067)
This amount of paper $ to bailout all of the Democrat areas held in shutdown by China Virus will spur on inflation big time. The small part going to the general population will quickly be taken back in Gas and food increased costs since we have now shut down our energy independence for a Green deal. Be smart and spend your portion on Real money like Silver. Silver prices are still low but that will not be long lasting. SIlver and precious metals are the only way to beat the inflationary rise coming from Printing so many paper dollars backed by Nothing but good will and faith. We can't keep buying our own debt without $ values dropping which is what they want so we can destroy the $ for a new world crypto currency to the benefit of the world elites. Start now in building your backup assets in physical metals and barter items that have always had value in times of economic inflation.
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When did we start debating each other on L.com ?
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
franq 2/28/2021 8:38:56 AM (No. 710440)
In my area, gas went from $1.89 to $2.59 in three months. That's what I call Progressive™. Printing money like there is no tomorrow... soon there won't be.
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