Lawmakers say COVID-19 relief bill won’t offer $1,200 checks

Lawmakers say COVID-19 relief bill won’t offer $1,200 checks

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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/12/06/lawmakers-say-covid-19-relief-bill-wont-offer-1200-checks/

By Hope Yen | Associated Press

WASHINGTON — With time running out, lawmakers on Sunday closed in on a proposed COVID-19 relief bill that would provide roughly $300 in extra federal weekly unemployment benefits but not another round of $1,200 in direct payments to most Americans, leaving that issue for President-elect Joe Biden to wrestle over with a new Congress next year.