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Mnuchin promised a fresh round of $1,200 stimulus checks would be coming in August.

Many are hopeful the aid package, which will include a new round of $1,2000 checks, can be approved next week ahead of coronavirus unemployment insurance expiring.

Congressional lawmakers say another coronavirus relief package is necessary but negotations are stalled and Republicans can’t decide what to do about the expanded unemployment benefits that expire in days.

While many on Capitol Hill predicted lawmakers would return from recess and quickly pass a new coronavirus aid package, it doesn’t appear things will happen as quickly as hoped.

Negotiations are ongoing between Senate leaders and the Trump administration on what will be included in the next COVID-19 relief package.

A second round of stimulus payments to Americans will be part of the next COVID-19 relief package Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday, but negotiations around a second COVID-19 bill are far from over.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell revealed on Tuesday the proposed GOP emergency relief bill will include a “targeted, second round” of Paycheck Protection Program loans for small businesses with a “special eye toward hard-hit businesses,” $105 billion for education, and direct stimulus checks to qualifying Americans.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — While some are hoping for a second stimulus check, others say they’re still waiting for their first one. Pam Mann just wants her stimulus money. “I was expecting to get the $1,200 stimulus,” Mann said. “I was gonna use it for my medical. I need a breathing machine. I need certain brand […]

The Hispanic advocacy group said Latinos got less help even though they reported losing nearly twice as many jobs as White Americans. Hispanics need to fully recover from this pandemic in order for the country to recover as a whole

It’s been months since Congress passed a coronavirus relief package and as we’re seeing another spike in COVID cases, negotiations over a new package are heating up.

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