The Minutes HEROES contemplates an expenditure of three trillion dollars to alleviate the effects of the coronavirus crisis, but leaves out the initiatives of the Silicon Valley representative Ro Khanna, and California Senator Kamala Harris, who proposed sending monthly checks until the pandemic was overcome.
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Everything indicates that the Harris’ proposal to include undocumented immigrants This economic relief will also be left out of the final version of the plan endorsed in the Lower House, but his idea of expanding the additional benefits for each dependent motivated adjustments to the amount that taxpayers may receive.
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Similar to first stimulus for coronavirus As part of the CARES Act, a second round of checks could include a one-time payment of $ 1,200 under the same income threshold as its predecessor, that is, for individuals who earn up to $ 75,000 annually with the possibility of doubling it to $ 2,400 for couples who receive less than $ 150,000 and file their tax return together.
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The main difference lies in the incentive for each declared dependent. The HEROES Act raises that additional payment from $ 500 to $ 1,200 for a maximum of three dependents, which could translate into a single check of up to $ 6,000 for a married couple with three children, according to the proposal data sheet.
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The stimulus also fixes gaps in the CARES Act in that regard, including those over 17 who are declared as dependents and opening the door for them to receive retroactive payment for being left out of the first round of checks.
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What did Harris and Khanna’s plans include?
“Dead” upon arrival in the Senate
Although the White House has noted that would be open to a second round of checks As a stimulus, the HEROES Act has yet to receive the endorsement of the Senate, currently controlled by the Republican Party, before reaching President Donald Trump’s desk.
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Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that the upper house “Not ready” to approve “a list of gifts of the left of 3 trillion dollars, as it happened in the House of representatives”, this despite the fact that the proposals of the monthly checks were gaining popularity among the electorate of both parties affected by the pandemic .
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“A one-time $ 1,200 check is not enough. Americans need to receive cash while the crisis lasts in order to survive, stay healthy and be ready to return to their jobs, “said the congressman. Ro Khanna when he presented his bill.
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But the republicans have been cautious in even considering a second round of stimuli that goes directly into the pockets of American families, and they prefer to determine if the new checks will really be necessary as all the states of the country begin to relax their mobility restrictions and reactivate their economies.
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McConnell, for his part, has assured that the Act is “Dead on arrival” to the Senate, in addition to warning that there will be no further discussions on the coronavirus stimulus plan until after the Memorial day recess.
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