Yonkers Newswire Publisher Brian Harrod: ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL The control of the US Senate now comes down to Republican candidate #DavidPerdue, who is running to keep his seat against Democrat #JonOssoff - after yesterday's voting.

 

#Yonkers Residents May Get A Third Stimulus Check, But GOP candidate David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff both are extremely close, as counties across Georgia are still counting ballots and will continue to tabulate votes Wednesday morning..... ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL The control of the US Senate now comes down to Republican candidate #DavidPerdue, who is running to keep his seat against Democrat #JonOssoff - after yesterday's voting. GONNA BE A CLOSE FINISH: If that seat flips then it looks like the Dem president, Dem House and Dem Senate will be sending $1,400 more bucks on top of the $600 bucks being sent out now to #WestchesterCounty residents. KIPLINGER: A Third Stimulus Check? #JoeBiden Says $2,000 Checks Will "Go Out the Door" if Democrats Win in Georgia Is a third stimulus check in your future? And, if so, how much would you get? According to President-Elect Joe Biden, if Democrats Jon Ossoff and Rev. #RaphaelWarnock beat incumbent Republican Sens. #KellyLoeffler and David Perdue in today's Georgia runoff elections, then "$2,000 checks will go out the door." This statement, made during a campaign event for Ossoff and Warnock in #Atlanta on Monday, is the strongest indication yet that Biden will push for a third stimulus check after his inauguration. It was just a few days ago that #SenateRepublicans blocked a vote for a House-passed bill (the CASH Act) that would have increased second-round stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000. The CASH Act would have also (1) bumped the extra per-child second stimulus check amount from $600 to $2,000, and (2) allowed the extra payment for any dependent, regardless of age, rather than just for children age 16 or younger..... Senate Majority Leader #MitchMcConnell called the CASH Act "socialism for the rich" because it would have authorized payments to wealthy people who weren't impacted by the pandemic, instead of only targeting people in need. Since #Republicans currently control the Senate, he was able to avoid a vote on the bill, which was passed last week by the House. Without a vote, the CASH Act expired at noon on Sunday when the 116th Congress ended. However, if both Ossoff and Warnock win their respective Georgia runoff elections, Democrats will take control of the Senate and McConnell will no longer determine which bills get a vote in the Senate..... https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/602032/third-stimulus-check-biden-says-2000-checks-will-go-out-the-door-if-democrats-win-in-georgia