Stimulus checks: Millions of Americans to receive another $ 1,200, Trump’s top aide votes

White House chief financial adviser Larry Kudlow has revealed that millions of Americans should expect another $ 1,200 stimulus check in their bank accounts and mailboxes this fall.

Don’t forget, a $ 1,200 check is coming. That is going to be part of the new package, “Kudlow said in an interview with CNN on Sunday.

Earlier this year, Congress approved that the Treasury Department cut checks from $ 1,200 to almost all American taxpayers, with additional monetary benefits for parents with children under the age of 18.

While Republicans in both the White House and Congress have said that another round of direct payments would be included in the fifth coronavirus aid package they have been negotiating, they had not previously announced an exact dollar amount.

Party leaders also have not specified who would qualify for the government brochure.

The Republican Party was supposed to present a $ 1 trillion Covid-19 aid package aimed at beefing up the health care system, putting Americans back to work, and getting their kids to school this fall, but the infighting between Donald Trump’s White House and Senate negotiators Republican leaders have delayed that deployment.

Several Republicans hesitate to spend another trillion dollars on coronavirus relief when the government has already disbursed more than $ 2.7 trillion, warning of mounting federal debt.

Even when they introduce a bill this week, it won’t be the end product: Since Democrats control the United States House, Republicans will need your support to send any bill to Trump’s desk for signature.

Meanwhile, several key federal programs of the so-called $ 2.2 billion CARES Act passed in March expire: a federal eviction moratorium for people in government-subsidized housing ended on July 25, and an unemployment program that provides workers recently laid off $ 600 per week In addition to the benefits they receive from their state, it expires after July 31.

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows suggested Sunday that Congress could pass a “skinny” bill in the coming days to address those immediate needs, while negotiators continue to work out the details of a broader package. .

“Honestly, I see that we can provide unemployment insurance, perhaps a retention credit to prevent people from being displaced or returned to the workplace, helping with our schools; if we can do it along with liability protections, maybe we will propose it. , to be passed while we negotiate the rest of the bill in the coming weeks, “Meadows said in an interview with ABC‘s This week.

Democrats have indicated that they are unlikely to accept such a proposal, as doing so would give up leverage in their negotiations for a more expansive and costly bill.

“We cannot fragment this,” said speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday.

Any package that Congress passes must have “integrity” and “unity to meet the needs of the American people and defeat the virus,” he said.

House Democrats approved a $ 3 billion coronavirus package in May that would send another round of $ 1,200 checks to each American and provide an additional $ 1,200 for each child in filing a household tax, up to $ 500 for each boy from the first round of checks this spring.

This 1,800-page giant includes, among several other proposals,

• billions of dollars for state and local governments;
• an extension of the unemployment benefits program that was enacted earlier this spring;
• help for people struggling with rent and mortgage payments;
• vote by mail extended for the November elections;
• and an infrastructure package that includes a plan to expand broadband internet access.

That bill has languished in the Senate, and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky dismissed it as a liberal “wish list.”

While large differences remain between Democrats and Republicans, parties can at least agree that another round of direct government payments will be included in the bill.

“This is urgent. They need to buy food. These are necessities,” Pelosi said earlier this month. “And when people use that money for their needs, they inject demand into the economy and create jobs. So it is a stimulus. , but it is more than a stimulus, it is a necessity at the moment. “