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Squabbling holding up stimulus checks

Both Republicans and Democrats agree that sending a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks as a part of the next coronavirus aid package is the right thing to do. What they don’t agree on is how much to restore the newly-expired $600 per week supplemental unemployment benefit.

Republicans would like to see it restored at $200 per week and Democrats would like to see the full $600. Republicans argue…

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