

It fell far short of the resources needed to tackle the immediate crisis. While Congress’s bipartisan action in December was a step in the right direction, it was only a down payment. President Biden is laying out the first step of an aggressive, two-step plan for rescue, from the depths of this crisis, and recovery, by investing in America, creating millions of additional good-paying jobs, combatting the climate crisis, advancing racial equity, and building back better than before. After nearly a year of the public health crisis, our nation remains in this dark winter of the pandemic and facing a deep economic crisis. The need to act is clear in the lines at food banks, the small businesses that are closed or closing, and the growing number of Americans experiencing housing insecurity. And the pandemic has shined a light on the persistence of racial injustice in our healthcare system and our economy. From big cities to small towns, too many Americans are barely scraping by, or not scraping by at all. More than 20 million Americans have contracted COVID-19, and at least 370,000 have died. The COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding economic crisis are devastating families across the country. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””Įmergency Legislative Package to Fund Vaccinations, Provide Immediate, Direct Relief to Families Bearing the Brunt of the COVID-19 Crisis, and Support Struggling Communities.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative.Office of Science and Technology Policy.

#OK GOOGLE WILL THERE BE A 4TH STIMULUS CHECK FREE#
Chamber of Commerce claim all the free money showing up in checking accounts (along with extended unemployment payments) makes people not want to work and may be partly responsible for the labor shortage this year. It’s not completely farfetched: 21 Democrats in Congress have signed a letter asking for recurring payments.īut many small business owners and the U.S. In the meantime, more than two million people have signed a petition asking for recurring $2,000 stimulus checks.ĭon’t laugh. Individuals earning less than $75,000 a year took in:Ĭongress has talked about possibly providing a fourth check in the upcoming infrastructure stimulus package, but so far it has not made any progress. Just like a morning cup of coffee, Americans are getting used to those “stimmy checks,” as they are now fondly called.

So will there be a fourth stimulus soon? Or was that all there is? Many of us have spent the last of those $1,400 stimulus checks that arrived earlier this spring.
