GOP bill on immediate checks:

-- $1,200 per person ($2,400 if filing jointly)
-- $500 per kid
-- Begins to phase out above $75K
-- Phases out completely above $99K
-- Much smaller benefit, of $600, for millions w/o federal tax liability

Also key: whether you qualify depends on your *2018* IRS tax returns. Some experts have asked: What if you made above the threshold then but because of coronavirus make below the threshold now?

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Another key point: GOP legislation only calls for a onetime check, rather than recurring checks for the duration of the crisis as in Bennett/Brown/Booker (D) plan)

Sen. Grassley statement suggests they could revisit if necessary

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Early analysis of GOP plan from Ernie Tedeschi, a former Obama administration economist:

joanna Jeff Stein Ernie Tedeschi They have shown repeatedly that they hate poor people. If you didn’t file you’re prob poor. So nobody in our government really cares about you