Some Saturday Reads

 Coming near you is another round of stimulus payments, if you qualify.

Snip:

But a prolonged standoff between centrists and progressives within the Democratic caucus quickly served to illustrate the precarious politics of the party's meager tie-breaking majority in the Senate, where even one holdout can upend Democrats' economic agenda in the early days of Biden's presidency.

The relief measure includes a new round of up-to $1,400 stimulus checks for millions of Americans, $350 billion for cash-strapped cities and states, $130 billion for schools, and other sizable sums for a wide array of programs including food assistance, rental relief and coronavirus vaccine distribution. The bill also authorizes an additional $300-per-week in unemployment payments until early September, trimming the amount that House Democrats initially had approved earlier in the month.

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Biden's response:



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Good for Alabama.

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Oh fuck this goddamned shit.

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