Republicans are ripping into a provision in the American Rescue Plan that makes murderers, rapists, and other criminals eligible to receive hundreds of dollars in stimulus payments.

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton is among the group of conservatives that objected to those incarcerated, such as Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and South Carolina church shooter Dylann Roof, getting government checks.

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