Rep. Jody Hice, Republican of Georgia, says there are many negotiations underway with the House and Senate, adding that “everything is on the table,” including rising unemployment, as they hope this next round of stimulus will help. for the economy to continue recovering.
Two Senate Republicans are lobbying to provide coronavirus stimulus checks to nearly 2 million Americans who were barred from the first round of $ 1,200 payments.
Senators Marco Rubio, Florida and Thom Tillis, RN.C., have renewed an earlier push to ensure that U.S. citizens who are married to foreign nationals without Social Security numbers receive the same $ 1,200 cash check as dozens Millions of Americans received earlier this year as part of the federal government’s massive pandemic response.
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Approximately 1.7 million Americans who file taxes jointly with a spouse who does not have a Social Security number were unable to receive the federal money, according to White House management, according to The Hill.
“No American should be denied a federal stimulus check because they are married to a foreign citizen who is not a US citizen,” Rubio said in a statement. “In the midst of a global pandemic, we must ensure that Americans receive the funds allocated by the federal government to keep families afloat during this national crisis.”
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The proposal, the U.S. Citizen Coronavirus Relief Act, would amend the CARES Act to no longer require a Social Security number for jointly filing spouses, but would maintain the SSN requirement for stimulus verification eligibility. Basically, this would allow a US citizen to “receive the same EIP as a single tax filer,” according to a summary of the plan.
Rubio is now struggling to include the measure in the next Republican coronavirus relief package, which could be released Monday. The framework is expected to send a new round of $ 1,200 stimulus checks to some Americans. Payments will be reduced for people who earn more than $ 75,000 and will be completely eliminated for people who earn more than $ 99,000.
A Rubio spokesman told FOX Business that the senator remains committed to seeing his bill reach Trump’s desk.
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In a recent letter to the Republican leadership, the American Business Immigration Coalition said Rubio’s bill would provide stimulus checks to 291,000 citizens in Texas, 81,000 in Florida, 31,000 in North Carolina and 16,000 in Wisconsin, as well as dozens of thousands in other states.
Florida, Wisconsin, and North Carolina are all battleground states, some of which President Trump narrowly won during the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton. A set of national RealClearPolitics polls shows alleged Democratic nominee Joe Biden leading all three against Trump.
“It is not surprising that President Donald Trump is unpopular with approximately 75 percent of Latino voters nationwide,” wrote Al Cárdenas, ABIC co-president, in a recent op-ed for the Tampa Bay Times. “Republican colleagues in Congress rarely do better. If Republicans want a chance to improve their number of votes among Latinos, they must fix this serious attack on American citizens who were unlucky enough to fall in love or be raised. by a non-citizen. “
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