Did Members of Congress Each Make $100K While Debating $600 Stimulus Checks?
Posted on AllSides December 24th, 2020
From The Left
FACT CHECK
On Dec. 21 2020, the U.S. Senate passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Its aim was to merge a COVID-19 relief bill with the annual appropriations bill that allocates funds for the federal government. For COVID-19 relief, the bill authorized a one-time payment of $600 to most Americans — an amount criticized as inadequate compared to the economic suffering it seeks to mitigate.
One popular tweet expressing this frustration asserted that each member of “Congress made almost $100,000 during the time they were arguing whether or not we deserved $600.”
