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media mention March 5, 2021 CBS News.com: Democrats limit eligibility for stimulus checks in Senate COVID bill
The proposal to lower caps on the stimulus checks would cut an estimated 17 million people from eligibility, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Their analysis found 297… -
media mention March 5, 2021 Vanity Fair: Millions of people who received stimulus checks last time around won’t get them again
Under the narrower eligibility rules, individuals earning under $75,000 (and couples earning under $150,000) are set to receive the full check, but those making $80,000 and up (and $160,000 or… -
media mention March 5, 2021 Market Place: Who qualifies for the $1,400 checks under the Democrats’ new proposal?
The left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has analyzed how many people would get help under the Senate caps, and found that 86% of adults and 85% of children… -
media mention March 5, 2021 Marketwatch: ‘This is pure politics’: Fewer Americans will get a stimulus check this time around — here’s how many people will get one
The previous House version would have covered 91% of adults — 212.1 million Americans — and 90% of children — another 84.7 million people, said Steve Wamhoff, director of federal… -
media mention March 5, 2021 LA Times: Senate Democrats’ COVID bill ends weekly $400 unemployment in August, not September
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a progressive research group, estimates 2.37 million fewer Californians would receive money under the Senate bill than with the House bill. Nationally, an… -
media mention March 5, 2021 Motley Fool: Stimulus Check Changes Leave 12 Million U.S. Adults Out of Upcoming Round
ll told, this means 11.8 million adults may no longer be eligible for a stimulus payment, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. On top of that, 4.6… -
media mention March 5, 2021 The Moguldum Nation: Biden Folds On Stimulus, Backs Lower $70K Income Ceiling To Get $1400
Around 12 million fewer adults and 5 million fewer children would get the stimulus payments under the new Biden-Senate compromise, according to estimates from the Institute on Taxation and Economic… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Bloomberg Tax: Mega-Rich and Plans to Tax Them Abound in Washington State
According to a Dec. 31 report from the bipartisan Tax Structure Work Group, the state’s system creates average tax burdens at 8.2% of total income for households with income between… -
media mention March 4, 2021 NJ.com: Third stimulus check update: Here’s how many N.J. residents would now get nothing under new plan for $1,400 payments
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said the Senate proposal would provide payments to 4.8 million New Jerseyans. The bill includes $1,400 payments to those making up to $75,000,… -
media mention March 4, 2021 New York Times: Democrats Narrow Stimulus Payments as Biden Works to Keep Aid Plan on Track
If adopted, the change in income limits would mean that about 12 million adults and five million children who received stimulus payments under the last round of aid signed in… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Washington Post: Biden limits eligibility for stimulus payments under pressure from moderate Senate Democrats
Around 12 million fewer adults and 5 million fewer children would get the stimulus payments under the new Biden-Senate compromise, according to preliminary estimates from the Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Forbes: Nearly 17 Million Fewer Americans Will Get New Stimulus Checks Under The Senate Revision: Here’s Who Qualifies Now
About 11.8 million fewer adults and 4.6 million fewer kids would get the stimulus payments under the new Biden-Senate compromise, according to preliminary estimates from the Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention March 4, 2021 International Business Times: Third Stimulus Check Eligibility Change: Here’s Who Won’t Be Receiving $1,400 Payments
However, under the new terms set by Senate Democrats, individuals earning $80,000, heads of households making $120,000 and married couples with $160,000 in income would no longer receive the relief… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Associated Press: Democrats tighten eligibility limits for COVID-19 relief benefits
That means some people who received the last round of $600 relief checks approved in December wouldn’t get anything this time. The liberal Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimated… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Fortune: Biden supports lowering $1,400 stimulus check cutoffs. Here are the proposed income thresholds
This lower cutoff proposal, if passed, would result in roughly 12 million fewer adults getting stimulus checks, according to the nonpartisan think tank Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, reported… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Business Insider: Biden cuts 16 million people off from stimulus checks after striking deal with moderate Senate Democrats, study says
A faster phaseout for the $1,400 checks in President Joe Biden’s stimulus plan would exclude more than 16 million Americans from receiving one, according to a preliminary analysis from the… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Slate Magazine: Democrats Have Decided to Send Checks to Fewer People for No Actual Good Reason
Centrists such as Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia have spent weeks urging the administration to “target” the new round of $1,400 economic impact payments more narrowly to lower-income families… -
media mention March 4, 2021 The Hill: Analysis: Senate stimulus check changes would reduce recipients by up to 16 million
The left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimated that 11.8 million fewer adults and 4.6 million fewer children would be eligible for the direct payments. Steve Wamhoff, the group’s… -
media mention March 4, 2021 New York Post: Nearly 12 million Americans could lose COVID stimulus checks under Biden’s new cap
About 200 million adults would receive stimulus checks under the new Senate plan, roughly 11.8 million fewer than under the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill the House of Representatives passed… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Fox Business: Biden blocks $1,400 stimulus checks for 16M Americans after tightening income eligibility
That’s according to a preliminary analysis published by the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which found that a plan by moderate Democrats to curtail benefits for higher-income earners will cut… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Newsweek: ‘Most Popular Proposal’: Stimulus Check Threshold That Cuts Off 16 Million Opposed by Progressives
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank, has estimated that the amendment would cut off around 11.8 adults and 4.6 million children from receiving the checks.… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Yahoo! Finance: New stimulus check thresholds would leave 12 million adults without payments
Narrower income requirements for the next round of stimulus checks would mean 11.8 million fewer adults and 4.6 million fewer children would get payments compared with an earlier version of… -
media mention March 4, 2021 Reuters: Millions of U.S. households would not get COVID-19 payments under new Biden plan
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy calculated that those payments now would help 11.8 million fewer adults and 4.6 million fewer children than the more generous version that passed… -
media mention March 4, 2021 KRGV: Senate continues to work on COVID-19 relief bill
According to Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, 12 million fewer adults and 5 million fewer kids would get a stimulus payment based on the Biden and Senate agreement. Read… -
media mention March 4, 2021 CNBC: About 12 million adults may not receive those $1,400 stimulus checks. Here’s why
Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax policy, said the numbers are “pretty close” to the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center’s estimates. “For most people, it doesn’t make a difference,” Wamhoff said.…