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Posted: 2021-06-22T21:42:52Z | Updated: 2021-06-22T21:42:52Z

Two coronavirus relief packages passed by Congress sent personal income skyrocketing across the country, according to government data released Tuesday.

Personal income rose at an annual rate of 59.7% in the first three months of 2021, according to the data from the nonpartisan Bureau of Economic Analysis . Some of the biggest gains came in states whose Republican senators voted against legislation that sent an overwhelming majority of Americans a $1,400 coronavirus relief check.

Almost all of the growth in personal income during the first three months of the year was a result of the two coronavirus relief packages, which combined to transfer an additional $2.3 trillion into the pockets of Americans. The first, passed in the waning days of President Donald Trump s administration on a bipartisan basis , sent $600 checks to most Americans. The second, passed in March and supported exclusively by Democrats , sent $1,400 checks, with additional funds going to parents.

Democrats are hoping that legislation, dubbed the American Rescue Plan, will remain popular and help win over working-class voters and stave off midterm defeats. Party strategists are planning to paint Republicans as hypocritical for touting the benefits to their states.