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        <title><![CDATA[Trump Admin. Considering Sending $1,000 to Certain Americans During Chinese Coronavirus Pandemic]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The economic stimulus package to fight damage from the Chinese coronavirus pandemic under consideration by the White House includes a proposal to send two $1,000 checks to certain Americans, the <em>Washington Post</em> reported on Wednesday.</p><p>Checks would be sent to Americans below a certain income level, although it is not yet clear what that level will be. The Trump administration’s stimulus currently <strong>calls</strong> for $500 billion in cash payments, with another $500 billion for various businesses including $50 million for the airline industry, which has been particularly hurt by the pandemic.</p><p>Senate Democrats <strong>proposed</strong> a $750 million stimulus package on Monday, while on Tuesday the Trump administration <strong>floated</strong> an $850 million stimulus. Talks between administration officials and Congress are ongoing, with the current proposal amounting to an injection of $1 trillion into the U.S. economy.</p><p>Republican senators have called for immediate assistance to Americans affected by the pandemic, although the specifics of the assistance are still being debated.</p><p>“Direct assistance to working people is a good start, but FAMILIES with kids need more relief,” Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) wrote on Twitter in comment on the <em>Post</em>‘s report. “A working single mom with three kids needs more support than an unmarried computer programmer living in his parents’ basement. Help families.”</p><p>Hawley has called for <strong>monthly payments</strong> to working families below a certain income bracket, with payments gradated based on family size and married or single-parent status. Senators Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and Mitt Romney (R., Utah) have each called for direct cash payments of a fixed amount.</p><p>Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has repeatedly stressed the importance of getting cash directly to Americans who need it.</p><p>“Americans need cash now and the president wants to get cash now. And I mean now, in the next two weeks,” Mnuchin <strong>said</strong> at a White House press conference on Tuesday.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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