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Your $1,400 stimulus checks coming ‘within a week’ of approval: Rep. Jim Clyburn

February 05, 2021 in International

[caption id="attachment_15490" align="alignleft" width="300"] Joe Biden[/caption] The Senate’s budget resolution adoption on Friday puts Democrats one step closer to getting President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion fiscal stimulus passed -- with or without Republicans’ help. With the Senate split evenly among Republicans and Democrats, Vice President Kamala Harris...

Schumer, McConnell end standoff to organize 50-50 Senate

February 03, 2021 in International

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced an agreement Wednesday with Republicans to organize the evenly split chamber, ending a weekslong standoff that prevented the new Democratic majority from setting up some operations and soured relations at the start of the congressional session. Schumer, D-N.Y., said that...