//Stimulus payments are already arriving. Americans say they really need them.

Stimulus payments are already arriving. Americans say they really need them.

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Days after Biden signed his relief bill into law, Americans are receiving much-needed payments.

Stimulus checks have begun to arrive in Americans’ bank accounts — just days after President Joe Biden authorized them by signing the American Rescue Plan into law.

The speed with which eligible Americans are receiving their third and largest stimulus checks to date during the coronavirus pandemic — less than two months into Biden’s presidency — is a political victory for a president who was unable to garner bipartisan support for his bill, but was still able to swiftly pass a sweeping relief package along party lines.

As Vox’s Emily Stewart explains, most Americans will be eligible for $1,400 stimulus checks:

The full checks will go out to single