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Maxine Waters: “Well, basically, we're going to take the president up on his offer to provide $2,000 for each of the heads of…”

On the recordDecember 23, 2020
Well, basically, we're going to take the president up on his offer to provide $2,000 for each of the heads of households, you know, because it was not done in the COVID response bill.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

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Maxine Waters discusses House Democrats' plan to respond to President Trump's proposal for $2,000 stimulus checks.

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