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US to You: $600 Check's in Mail

Bipartisan compromise would put $600 in your pocket

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 24, 2008 10:39 AM CST

(Newser) – Congress today announced an economic stimulus package that would put a $600 check in every American taxpayer's mailbox by early summer, sources tell CNN, and a likely $300 per child. The refunds are "there to strengthen the middle class, to create jobs and to... Read full story »

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