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Gov. Tom Wolf is pushing state lawmakers to pass legislation that would send households direct payments of up to $2,000.
Wolf was joined by state Rep. Emily Kinkead in Pittsburgh earlier this month to call on Pennsylvania’s Republican-led General Assembly to pass a bill that would use leftover American Rescue Plan Act funds to send $2,000 checks to Pennsylvanians with a household income of $80,000 or less.
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“The cost of everything from gas to groceries is a little higher right now than it was just a few weeks ago and for Pennsylvanians living paycheck to paycheck even a small increase in expenses can mean painful decisions like paying for food or rent,” Wolf said in a statement. “To the Republican leaders in the General Assembly, I say let’s pass this bill now.”
In February, Wolf proposed a $1.7 billion plan to spend Pennsylvania’s remaining $2 billion in federal funds, $500 million of which would go toward the direct payments.
“A $2,000 check has the power to transform the lives of so many Pennsylvanians and we need to spend the American Rescue Plan dollars soon or return it to the federal government. Why wouldn’t we spend that money as intended — helping the people who need it most?” said Kinkead.
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Republican lawmakers in the state have been reluctant to fund the proposal, discussing plans to put the money toward other projects, such as funding bridge work on I-79, according to CBS.
