Biden Caves To Right Wing Dems, i.e. Manchin W-Va.
Agrees To Tighten Eligibility For Covid Relief Checks.
Republicans Say Thank You Very Much.
“Some people who got checks when Trump was president won’t get them now that Biden is president. There is no upside to this, only the massive downside of handing Congress to the Republicans next year”. Robert Cruickshank, campaign director at Demand Progress.
“This is not targeting. It is the illusion of targeting, an illusion that will end up hurting tens of millions of people who are currently in need but weren’t in 2019.” Matt Bruenig, founder of the People’s Policy Project.
The story from CommonDreams.org
UPDATE 16:35
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
Conservative Dems have fought so the Biden admin sends fewer & less generous relief checks than the Trump admin did. It’s a move that makes little-to-no political or economic sense, and targets an element of relief that is most tangibly felt by everyday people. An own-goal. March 3, 2021.
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Jeff Stein
@Jstein_WaPo ·4h
NEW: Biden-Senate compromise on curtailing stimulus payments results in ~12 million fewer adults & ~5 million fewer children receiving benefit, per @iteptweets analysis ~280 million overall still eligible for payments, ITEP says.
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