This Group That Was Left Out of the First Round of Stimulus Checks May Finally Get Relief

Once the COVID-19 crisis hit home, it became clear that its impact would not just be health-related, but financial as well. Millions of Americans lost their jobs in March when lockdown orders were put into place, and so lawmakers knew they'd need to act quickly to provide relief.

Enter the CARES Act, a $2 trillion package that included the now-famous $1,200 stimulus payments millions of Americans have received in the past month or so. But those stimulus payments weren't for everyone. Earners whose income exceeded a certain threshold were excluded from stimulus checks, as were dependents aged 17 or over, which left a lot of college students out in the cold. But a new bill now seeks to provide relief to college students -- low-income ones in particular.

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