Americans are one step closer to receiving a third round of stimulus checks. The Senate approved a $1.9 trillion economic aid package on Saturday after a marathon series of votes.
Here’s how to check if you qualify, and where the bill is headed next: 💸
❓When should Americans get their third stimulus check?
A third stimulus check should arrive by mid-March. The House still needs to consider the Senate’s changes to the bill, and then it requires President Biden’s signature.
Anyone with a Social Security number making less than $75,000 a year is eligible for a payment — including dependents of any age. The aid will be phased out for individuals making above $80,000 a year.
Hope is on the horizon: The latest jobs report showed employers added 379,000 jobs in February, smashing forecasts. But there are still 9.5 million fewer jobs than this time a year ago. businessinsider.com/february-jobs-…
Take a look at the bill’s biggest provisions that would affect businesses, schools, and personal-finance decisions. businessinsider.com/whats-in-the-b…
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Warren proposed the bill, called the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act, on Monday. It would apply an annual 2% tax on individual net worth between $50 million and $1 billion. Individuals would owe an annual 3% tax on net worth above $1 billion. businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warr…
And about a third of the wealth tax would be paid by the 15 richest Americans, who combined have a fortune of more than $2.1 trillion, two tax groups said. businessinsider.com/democrats-prop…
This afternoon, Trump’s defense wrapped up its oral arguments, using under 3 hours of the allotted 16. These are the biggest moments from each day of the #ImpeachmentTrial so far. businessinsider.com/key-takeaways-…
The trial opened day one with House Impeachment Manager @RepRaskin urging senators to not make a January exception letting Trump off the hook. "This cannot be the future of America," he said.
Trump’s impeachment lawyer Bruce Castor suggested that Trump doesn't need to be impeached because the country already voted him out of office.
Donald Trump's lawyer David Schoen claimed on Friday that House impeachment managers may have manipulated parts of their presentation against the former president this week, yet the evidence he pointed to was never used in their case.
Half-built walls and ruined mountains: These photos and video show the remains of Trump's incomplete border wall.
All along the US-Mexico border, the machines are silent. On January 20, President Joe Biden gave workers seven days to wind down construction. His administration is reviewing all contracts and the costs of "terminating or repurposing" them.
A total of 453 miles of new primary or secondary barrier were completed under Trump. Much of the project has left some areas, especially around southeastern Arizona, in disarray. Blasts continued in Guadalupe Canyon even on inauguration day.
Rep. Raskin said in his opening that "the evidence will show you that ex-president Trump was no innocent bystander," adding, that "Donald Trump surrendered his role as commander-in-chief and became the inciter-in-chief of a dangerous insurrection." businessinsider.com/trump-impeachm…