100 million stimulus checks are landing soon. Here's how to track yours.
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As major banks started delivering $1,400 stimulus checks this month, the timing of the checks has been an issue of concern to many people who are struggling with bills as the economy remains hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday said it had delivered 90 million payments worth a combined $242 billion in its first batch of checks, while another 150,000 checks worth about $442 million were sent via mail. On March 15, IRS and Treasury officials said about 100 million checks would be distributed within 10 days. On Monday, the IRS said it will deliver another batch of checks on March 24, although many of them will be paper checks or pre-paid debit cards that will be mailed to recipients. Among those still waiting for payments are some Social Security recipients, who have reached out to CBS MoneyWatch with concerns about delays.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.