New Stimulus Package 2000 Per Month Vote
The vote monday marked a test for republicans who have opposed more government spending even as trump pressed for checks to be boosted to 2 000 per adult and 4 000 per couple.
New stimulus package 2000 per month vote. Will allow a floor vote on the 2 000 checks before jan. The measure would boost the stimulus checks in the year end coronavirus relief and government funding package to 2 000 from 600. That could translate into a new package ranging from 1.
That package also included 600 stimulus checks so approving new 1 400 checks would bring stimulus payments to 2 000 a figure that has attracted widespread support. Biden has described the 900 billion stimulus bill passed last month as a down payment on a more comprehensive relief package. That effort was blocked by house.
New 2 000 stimulus check ammendment drafted by congresswoman tlaib congresswoman rashida tlaib was one of 59 lawmakers to vote against the covid 19 stimulus bill calling it insufficient to meet. And it didn t. They adjourned without voting on the issue.
It would mark the second time lawmakers have sought to boost the checks to 2 000 per person following a december 24 vote in the house during a pro forma session. The vote came a day after trump signed the more than 2 trillion. In the latest data for progress survey of 1 166 likely voters 65.