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Mar 2021
23m 31s

The $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan

The New York Times
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The Senate is preparing to vote on another stimulus bill — the third of the pandemic. The bill has the hallmarks of a classic stimulus package: money to help individual Americans, and aid to local and state governments. It also contains provisions that would usher in long-term structural changes that have been pushed for many years by Democrats. Today, we ex ... Show More
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