'These are survival checks': Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley slammed $600 coronavirus stimulus check

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Rep. Ayanna Pressley did not mince words when criticizing the $600 dollar stimulus checks which are reportedly included in Congress's latest proposal for a coronavirus stimulus package.

"At this point, these are not even stimulus checks. These are survival checks," the Massachusetts congresswoman said in an interview on MSNBC's "The ReidOut" on Friday.

"My constituents need these moneys to remain safely housed," Pressley said, adding that "600 dollars does not even cover one month's rent."

As Business Insider's Joseph Zeballos-Roig reported, following a prolonged contention over a stimulus package, Republican and Democratic lawmakers are in talks of a $900 billion coronavirus relief package as of Wednesday morning, and the proposal reportedly includes direct payments of around $600 per individual - roughly half of the $1,200 stimulus in March.

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[Budi]

1. Sen Schumer on Friday, Dec 18

..."fight for $1,200 stimulus checks.

Millions are out of work through no fault of their own. This could mean the difference between Americans paying the rent, or not. Affording groceries, or not.

These are survival checks."
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"This relief package won't be the total answer even if it gets passed, but it's an important first step. There's so much we have to do," President-elect Joe Biden said Friday. With or without a bill, Biden has some executive actions at his disposal to push for more aid after he takes office Jan. 20.
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"There is no way, no way, that we are going to leave Washington without taking care of the emergency needs of our people. And that's all of our country," Manchin said Sunday.

"If you're send a stimulus check of $600 or whatever it may be -- it was $1,200 before -- you're sending it to people who still have a paycheck and still have a job. If you send a check to an unemployment person, you are sending to a person who has no lifeline -- it's done at the end of this month, they've got nothing," Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin
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[Demsrule86]

2. Joe Manchin is correct...get a fucking deal...the best one you can. And pray we win Georgia.

Mitch will not give out any more help should he prevail. The only deal breaker is the f'ng around with the ability to send help via the feds...we can't agree to that but it should be blamed completely on the pugs.

[Budi]

4. Absolutely. Trump, Mnuchin & McConnell had a chance to do this right awhile ago.

They never wanted anything for the average guy, & have stood in the way of passage by adding & subtracting deals just because its a game of delay until they've shoved a dagger in the back of as many Americans as they possibly can before they walk out the door laughing & patting each other on the back while checking the growth of their own wealth.

[Demsrule86]

3. There is a continuation of the foreclosure moratorium in the bill as it stand now...also.

100% of nothing is still nothing.