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Is Biden's Stimulus Bill The Right Rescue Plan?
The American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion stimulus package aimed at helping the country recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
Supporters of the stimulus package say its massive price tag is necessary to address the scale of the challenge facing the U.S. economy.
Many conservatives, however, argue that the package is far too large.
The bill includes a massive infusion of funding to address the direct impacts of the pandemic including a round of $1,400 stimulus checks, enhanced unemployment benefits, money for schools, and childcare centers, housing assistance, and support for vaccination programs nationwide.
The most pointed criticism has been aimed at the failure to include a minimum wage increase to $15, a provision supporters say is desperately needed to fight poverty - #ReadMore..
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