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GOP bill on immediate checks:

-- $1,200 per person ($2,400 if filing jointly)
-- $500 per kid
-- Begins to phase out above $75K
-- Phases out completely above $99K
-- Much smaller benefit, of $600, for millions w/o federal tax liability
Also key: whether you qualify depends on your *2018* IRS tax returns. Some experts have asked: What if you made above the threshold then but because of coronavirus make below the threshold now?

washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
Another key point: GOP legislation only calls for a onetime check, rather than recurring checks for the duration of the crisis as in Bennett/Brown/Booker (D) plan)

Sen. Grassley statement suggests they could revisit if necessary

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Early analysis of GOP plan from @ernietedeschi, a former Obama administration economist:
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Jeffrey Stein
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State of play on emergency aid/"bailouts" for big firms:

- WH & GOP want $50B 4 airlines

- They also want $150B for other hard hit industries

- WH has said it wants to help hotels & cruises

- Treasury would get authority to decide where the $150B goes

washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
Talk today on the Hill and K Street that the $150 billion is likely to go up in the final package, given the devastating and widespread economic toll

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Here's the section-by-section summary. Also worth noting the part that says there can be no grants or direct cash payments:
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Jeffrey Stein
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BREAKING: White House likely to push federal aid for shale companies hit by coronavirus/international energy shock

Trump confidante & oil billionaire Harold Hamm lost $2 billion yesterday. Hamm reached out to admin but says he didnt make “direct" contact

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We have reported already that under consideration is some form of federal aid for the hospitality, travel, and cruise industries. Confirmed ysd by Trump

Top Wall Street executives, including Goldman Sachs' CEO, expected to visit White House tomorrow

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Also: Trump and advisers have been taking calls since Monday from energy sector allies exasperated w/ oil prices & warning against sweeping paid sick leave policy

w/ @willenglund @StevenMufson @costareports

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Jeff Stein
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People are dramatically underestimating the scope and significance of the Trump administration's order on work requirements for Medicaid.

GOP-led states are gearing up to dismantle Medicaid in ways that go far beyond work requirements. Story coming soon
I spent last +24hrs combing thru GOP plans on Medicaid.

Here are some policies theyre aiming for:

- Impose new premiums on poor (like earning $5K/yr)
- Kick poor off who dont make payments
- Fines for "improper" ER use
- New fees 4 smokers

Story:
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Several states -- Wis., Maine, Ky -- want poorest of poor to pay Medicaid premiums

$8/month is virtually impossible if you're homeless

& then they'd lose insurance - for 6 months in some places, for 1yr elsewhere - for failure to pay
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