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Congress FINALLY agrees on $900B COVID relief package that will send $600 to Americans - half of what they got in April
DailyMail.com ^ | December 20, 2020 | Katelyn Caralle

Posted on 12/20/2020 4:21:06 PM PST by Aquamarine

Congress has agreed to a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, Senate leaders announced Sunday.

The deal finally delivers long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and provides money to deliver vaccines to a nation eager for them.

It establishes a temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefits and $600 direct stimulus payments to most Americans - half of what they got in April - along with a new round of subsidies for hard-hit businesses and money for schools, health care providers and renters facing eviction.

The House was expected to vote on the legislation very late Sunday or Monday and Senate action would follow. The House would also pass a one-day stopgap spending bill to

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: stimulus
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1 posted on 12/20/2020 4:21:06 PM PST by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine

LET US GET BACK TO WORK.

WE DON’T WANT A HANDOUT, DAMMIT.


2 posted on 12/20/2020 4:22:20 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: mewzilla

Agreed. Instead of going further into debt as a nation, lets start working again.


3 posted on 12/20/2020 4:23:31 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (We must FIGHT, I repeat it sir, we must FIGHT! -Patrick Henry)
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To: Aquamarine

Not to ALL Americans. Only those under a certain income bracket the think they can buy the votes from.


4 posted on 12/20/2020 4:24:07 PM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: Aquamarine

Crazy. We got money we didn’t need and now they want to give us more. And my kids will have to pay it off.


5 posted on 12/20/2020 4:25:03 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Aquamarine

Six months from now they will pass one paying us 300,,then six months later 150,,trying to see how low we will sell our freedoms for.


6 posted on 12/20/2020 4:25:15 PM PST by Craftmore
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To: Aquamarine

My three favorite local restaurants are out of business. The sheriff came down hard on them, but not on the four big franchise eateries.


7 posted on 12/20/2020 4:25:40 PM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Aquamarine

Well folks, lets send our $600 to Trump.............


8 posted on 12/20/2020 4:25:51 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: mewzilla

bttt


9 posted on 12/20/2020 4:26:01 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Aquamarine

It will buy a new gun, barely!


10 posted on 12/20/2020 4:26:18 PM PST by dpetty121263
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I say we go full commie and confiscate the combined wealth of Bezos, Gates, Zuckerberg & Buffet and distribute it to the people.


11 posted on 12/20/2020 4:27:43 PM PST by JonPreston ( Crash the whole corrupt thing down)
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To: Aquamarine

Why not $10,000? $100,000? Hell, it’s all fiat money, anyway. If they stopped spending right now, people born in the 24th century are going to be paying off the debt.


12 posted on 12/20/2020 4:28:24 PM PST by Viking2002 (When aliens fly past Earth, they probably lock their doors.)
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To: dpetty121263

Not a piston-driven AR-10


13 posted on 12/20/2020 4:29:21 PM PST by guitar Josh
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To: Aquamarine

How much did Mitch let Nancy have for her liberal pet projects?


14 posted on 12/20/2020 4:29:41 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: JonPreston

I’m pretty sure that’s less than what they’re currently spending.


15 posted on 12/20/2020 4:30:01 PM PST by guitar Josh
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To: Aquamarine
Putting it towards a new iPad Pro 2020.
16 posted on 12/20/2020 4:31:30 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Aquamarine

Most important if all, we are not bailing out the blue states that are still locked down.


17 posted on 12/20/2020 4:31:50 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Aquamarine

I’m SOOOOO glad to see that the USPS got a nice, fat reward for helping to fudge the election...


18 posted on 12/20/2020 4:32:52 PM PST by joethedrummer
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To: Aquamarine

I’ll spend it all on ammo.


19 posted on 12/20/2020 4:33:08 PM PST by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Shut the deuce up!!! I'll do the fighting!!!)
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To: Aquamarine

Yet we give Israel how much each year compared to struggling American citizens?


20 posted on 12/20/2020 4:33:09 PM PST by White Lives Matter
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