Black Lives Matter said on Thursday that the $ 600 stimulus payment included in the government’s most recent coronavirus relief package is too little to support struggling families and instead requires monthly checks.
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“Black families are struggling to maintain a roof over their heads, food in their bellies and covered health care. This is not a stimulus. It is about survival. And $ 600 is not. We require monthly checks,” he said. the group in a Twitter post.
BLM did not respond to Fox News’ question about whether the new Biden administration approached monthly checks.
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On Monday, House legislators approved a stand-alone bill that would increase direct payment amounts distributed to American homes under the new COVID-19 relief legislation from $ 600 to $ 2,000, a measure supported by President Trump, who initially postponed the signing of a new financing package because he considered the checks inadequate.
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The fate of the bill is in the hands of the Republican-controlled Senate, where majority leader Mitch McConnell has backed down, including checks for $ 2,000 on a bill with poison pills that would likely sink it.