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(Photo: Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n Happy hump day, OnPolitics readers! We are\u00a0six weeks into the Biden presidency. Can you believe? Time flies when you’re trying to handle a once-in-a-generation pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n More numbers for you:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n It’s Mabinty, with your guide to the day’s political news.\u00a0<\/p>\n It’s the question that many Americans want to know: Who\u00a0is eligible for a $1,400 stimulus check?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n According to two sources familiar with the deliberations not authorized to speak on the record,\u00a0checks would start to phase out at $75,000 and\u00a0phase out entirely at $80,000 of income for individuals<\/strong>, as opposed to about $100,000 in the version of the legislation passed by the House last week. Joint filers would have their checks phase-out starting at $150,000 and\u00a0entirely at $160,000.<\/p>\n The deal kept a federal boost to unemployment benefits at $400 a week through August, the sources said,\u00a0rather than September as liberals such as Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,\u00a0 advocated.<\/p>\n Who’s happy: <\/strong>Moderate lawmakers\u00a0who did not want the checks to go to wealthier Americans.<\/p>\n Who’s not quite as happy:<\/strong>\u00a0Many Americans who could have received at least some payment will now receive none.\u00a0On the progressive side:\u00a0Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who chairs the Progressive Caucus, said, “I don’t like that this is being narrowed. I feel like the survival checks are the easiest, simplest, most popular … proposal,” but said she wanted to look more closely.<\/p>\n What else is in the bill?<\/strong>\u00a0Democrats want to increase\u00a0the child tax credit up to $3,600 per child under age 6\u00a0and $3,000 for children up to age 17\u00a0for one year to help combat the economic damage of the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n Republicans have derided proposals such as the tax credit as not relevant in a COVID-19 relief package and oppose efforts to make it permanent.\u00a0<\/p>\n New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he will not cede to a growing number of calls for his resignation amid a sexual harassment scandal, pleading for residents to wait for an investigation to conclude before forming their opinions.<\/p>\n The details: <\/strong>Cuomo, a Democrat, appeared in public for the first time since Feb. 24, offering his first on-camera comments since three women \u2013 including two former aides \u2013 gave detailed accusations of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n \nThe embattled governor apologized for any actions that offended the women but said he didn’t know he was making them uncomfortable. He pledged to cooperate with an investigation led by Attorney General Letitia James’ office.<\/p>\n\n
Who lives, who dies, who is actually getting a COVID check<\/h2>\n
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Andrew Cuomo isn’t resigning, if you were wondering\u00a0<\/h2>\n