$2,000 stimulus checks could become a reality with Democratic control of the Senate
Democrats vowed Wednesday to rush $2,000 checks to Americans as quickly as possible, as they clinched unified control of Washington with Senate wins in Georgia.
The move would make good on promises President-elect Joe Biden made to Georgia voters in the final days of the runoff race, which ended Tuesday with Democrat Raphael Warnock beating Republican Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Jon Ossoff unseating incumbent Republican David Perdue whose term lapsed Sunday.
Those Democratic victories flipped control of the Senate to the Democrats, giving them a monopoly on power in the...