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The virtual hearing will take place Thursday Feb. 18

Americans who have not received their coronavirus stimulus check payments, or who received the incorrect amount, have an opportunity to claim the missing money now that the 2020 tax season is officially underway. 

More than one-third of Americans expect to save — not spend — the $1,400 stimulus check that President Biden is urging Congress to pass.

More than 11 million Americans are at risk of losing their unemployment benefits in mid-March if Congress does not pass another relief package before then, according to a new report published this week. 

The House Ways and Means Committee advanced key portions of President Biden's coronavirus relief bill, including the third round of $1,400 payments and a major expansion of the Child Tax Credit.

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee demanded Thursday, that Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney call a hearing to investigate California’s colossal fraud that occurred with state's unemployment benefit program.

The Congressional Budget Office says the federal government is on track for a $2.3 trillion deficit this year, down roughly $900 billion from last year when the coronavirus pandemic led Congress to provide historic amounts of financial aid.

House Democrats unveiled a proposal this week to overhaul the long-standing Child Tax Credit, calling for more generous payments as part of a broader coronavirus relief effort.

House Democrats rejected a push from some of the party's centrist members to sharply curtail which Americans will receive a third stimulus check.