Fourth Stimulus Check Could Lift 7 Million Americans Out Of Poverty Analysis
President Joe Biden and Democrats pushed through the massive $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan earlier this month, despite all Republican lawmakers opposing the COVID-19 relief package. That legislation provided most Americans with $1,400 stimulus checks, the third such payment since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. That package also shored up weekly federal unemployment benefits, significantly expanded the child tax credit, and provided state and local government’s with needed financial support....