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The $2,000 direct payment thread of key events:
March 17th: Bernie Sanders proposes "monthly direct payments of $2,000 for every person in the country" until the pandemic ends. 1/9 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/18/bernie-sanders-proposal-2-trillion-coronavirus-emergency-plan-includes-2000-direct
March 17th: Bernie Sanders proposes "monthly direct payments of $2,000 for every person in the country" until the pandemic ends. 1/9 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/18/bernie-sanders-proposal-2-trillion-coronavirus-emergency-plan-includes-2000-direct
March 18th: Letter from Senators Booker, Brown, Bennet & 15 others. "We propose sending payments quarterly and directly to American families. The first payment would be $2,000 per American..." 2/9 https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/coronavirus-booker-bennet-brown-colleagues-call-for-direct-cash-assistance-to-help-americans-weather-economic-fallout-of-coronavirus-outbreak
April 14: Congressmen Tim Ryan and Ro Khanna introduce The Emergency Money for the People Act that includes "a $2,000 monthly payment to every qualifying American over the age of 16 until employment returns to pre-COVID-19 levels." 3/9 https://timryan.house.gov/media/press-releases/representatives-tim-ryan-and-ro-khanna-introduce-legislation-send-americans
April 16th: Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Pramila Jayapal introduce the Automatic BOOST to Communities (ABC) Act to immediately provide a $2,000 payment using BOOST debit cards to every person in America during the COVID-19 crisis. 4/9 https://tlaib.house.gov/media/press-releases/tlaib-jayapal-introduce-groundbreaking-bill-deliver-universal-recurring
May 8th: Senators Harris, Sanders and Markey introduce the Monthly Economic Crisis Support Act, to provide a monthly $2,000 check to working-class Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. 5/9 https://www.businessinsider.com/sanders-harris-markey-senate-bill-2000-payments-during-coronavirus-2020-5
December 12: Congressional Progressive Caucus sends letter to leadership stating that: "A relief package should include direct payments of at least $2,000 for all working individuals and families." AOC-Tlaib, etc. prepare $2,000 amendment to the bill. 6/9 https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stimulus-checks-2000-dollar-progressive-democrats-pushing-coronavirus-economic-relief-2020-12-1029895946
December 22: Trump called on Congress to increase direct payments to $2,000 for the FIRST time in public.
Pelosi: “Let’s do it!”
Schumer: "We spent months trying to secure $2000 checks but Republicans blocked it." 7/9 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/22/trump-stimulus-video-bill/
Pelosi: “Let’s do it!”
Schumer: "We spent months trying to secure $2000 checks but Republicans blocked it." 7/9 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/22/trump-stimulus-video-bill/
Christmas Eve: Republicans in the House blocked legislation to provide $2,000 direct payments to the working class, while Trump played golf at his country club in Florida. 8/9 https://www.newsweek.com/stimulus-check-update-house-republicans-block-2000-checks-1557291
Tomorrow: Roll call vote in the House to provide a $2,000 direct payment to the working class.
Schumer: "The House will pass a bill to give Americans $2,000 checks. Then I will move to pass it in the Senate. No Democrats will object. Will Senate Republicans?"
No. Sleep. 'Till..
Schumer: "The House will pass a bill to give Americans $2,000 checks. Then I will move to pass it in the Senate. No Democrats will object. Will Senate Republicans?"
No. Sleep. 'Till..
