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Prisoners will soon get federal stimulus money, no matter their offense.

A $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill is on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk. In a nearly complete party-line vote, the House passed President Biden’s American Rescue Package to deliver direct checks, continue unemployment benefits and send $4.5 billion to reopen schools.

U.S. House and Senate leadership are on the cusp of striking a COVID-19 relief deal after months of back-and-forth.

As of mid-November, Republican and Democratic leaders are more than $1.5 trillion apart in the size of relief packages they’re hoping to pass. What does that mean? A political stalemate.

On Monday, Biden stressed the urgency of lawmakers finding common ground saying, ““Not tomorrow. Now.”

Coronavirus relief will likely be one of the first things on Biden’s plate when he takes office in January 2021.

It’s another sign of urgency for additional COVID aid and economic stimulus as the economy struggles to recover from being slammed by the novel coronavirus.

President Joe Biden will not be attaching his signature to the $1,400 relief checks that are expected to be mailed soon.

In his first Rose Garden address, the President celebrated the passage of his $1.9 trillion American Rescue package that sends billions to schools, small businesses, and for vaccine distribution.

With time running out before the end of the year and negotiations going nowhere, there’s no reason to think a deal with stimulus checks will be reached before the end of 2020.

You may have been surprised when President-election Joe Biden unveiled a plan Thursday that included $1,400 checks instead of $2,000.