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1 Senior Democrats to unveil $3,000-per-child

benefit as Biden stimulus gains steam

iStock illustration 2 U.S. federal debt to exceed size of

economy even before Biden stimulus
is approved, CBO says

By Ana Swanson
Reporter 3 President Biden may struggle to get
new $3,000 benefit to many of
America’s poorest families
Jan. 10, 2017 at 5:48 p.m. GMT+1

Research has found that being attractive influences many things in a person’s life — their 4 House Democrats reject plan to
sharply curtail $1,400 stimulus
salary, their popularity and grades in school, even the prison sentences they receive. So why payments in coronavirus relief
package
not their politics?
5 President Biden’s push for $15-an-
A recently published study in the Journal of Public Economics concludes that the hour minimum wage faces strong
headwinds in Senate
attractiveness of a candidate does correlate with their politics. They find that politicians on
the right are more good looking in Europe, the United States and Australia.