When will stimulus checks be sent? The Post answers your questions on the American Rescue Plan.

The Post’s Jeff Stein and Michelle Singletary took reader questions on the relief package.

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President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package has passed both the House and the Senate.

The American Rescue Plan authorizes a third round of stimulus checks to millions of low- and middle-income Americans, making it one of the largest federal responses to the economic downturn caused by the pandemic. Experts estimate the plan will reduce the number of Americans living in poverty by a third. Biden is expected to sign the plan into law this week.

The Washington Post’s Jeff Stein and Michelle Singletary answered reader questions about the sweeping package. Stein is the White House economics reporter for The Post and has been closely covering the stimulus plan. Singletary writes the nationally syndicated personal finance column The Color of Money. Here are some of the questions they’ve answered - you can click on the links to be sent directly to the answer, or read the full transcript below:

• How will the government calculate my income?
• Where is the money coming from for the stimulus package?
• How will the child tax credit be distributed?
• Will adult dependents be a part of the bill?
• When will the checks be sent?

Thanks for joining us.

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Teddy Amenabar and Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn, editors on The Post’s audience team, produced this Q&A.