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Bill Press: Save the Senate: Kill the filibuster!

Good news. The days of Congress doing nothing may be over. Congress this week passed one of the most substantive and far-reaching pieces of legislation since the days of FDR.

Most Americans, including most members of Congress, don’t realize how truly revolutionary President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus, the so-called “American Rescue Plan,” really is. It sends a check for $1,400 to every American earning less than $80,000 a year, single parents earning up to $112,500, and married couples with incomes

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