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Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data released to Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) shows President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan distributed $1.3 billion in COVID-19 stimulus cheques to more than 1.1 million prison inmates.
163,000 individuals are serving life without parole. "The American Rescue Plan was reckless in mount of massive spending with no off-sets,” said the Nebraska Republican.
“Giving stimulus checks to death row inmates is a glaring example. This bill triggered the worst inflation in 41 years, costing the average family $500 a month. The poor suffer the most.”
The American Rescue plan distributed payments to persons earning $75,000 or less or married couples earning up to $150,000.
Newsmax reported that Senate Democrats voted 50-49 against an amendment to halt cash payments to inmates.
The Washington Free Beacon obtained a letter in which IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said his office lacks data on how many people with life sentences who received stimulus money may also face the death penalty.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data released to Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) shows President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan distributed $1.3 billion in COVID-19 stimulus cheques to more than 1.1 million prison inmates.
Newsmax:
Bacon and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., cautioned last year that the American Rescue Plan lacked proper restrictions.
One of the $1,400 stimulus payments went to Boston Marathon terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, prompting a Washington Post fact-checker to apologize for giving Cotton "two Pinocchios"
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