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• In the absence of action at the federal level, with no new coronavirus relief accord after months of stalemate which also means no new stimulus check for millions of people, at least two states are taking matters into their own hands.
• Orange County, in Florida, will start taking applications from residents for $1,000 stimulus checks this Wednesday — checks that are meant to help people who’ve been financially impacted by COVID-19 and who can show documentation of that being the case.
• Similarly, the state of Colorado announced in recent days that it will be sending out smaller stimulus checks to residents over the next several weeks.

Thanks to months of stalemate and gridlock that essentially ran out the legislative clock, federal lawmakers have let down anyone who was hoping to get a new stimuluscheck — or for a new coronavirus relief bill to be enacted into law anytime soon.

After the US Senate’s confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell adjourned the Senate until November 9. It remains to be seen if federal lawmakers will pick this back up after the election and at least try to pass something between the post-election period before the end of 2020 — but a couple of states, in the absence of federal action, are taking matters into their own hands and providing stimulus checks for their own residents. The states include Colorado and, now, Florida.