A reduced second round of stimulus checks is included in a coronavirus control deal of about $ 900 billion announced by Congressional leaders Sunday night.
The agreement, announced by the majority leader of the senate Mitch McConnell
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While it is the same income limit set in the March CARES Act, the amount of the check is half of the $ 1,200 for individuals included in the earlier bill.
House speaker Nancy Pelosi
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The decision to include incentive checks comes after a second round of direct payments was omitted from a deal revealed earlier this month by a two-tiered, bicameral group of lawmakers, as well as a separate GOP-only proposal circulated by McConnell.
But there was support for another round of controls on both sides of the aisle. House progressives pushed for their inclusion, and Sens. Josh Hawley
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Hawley called withdrawing the $ 600 check “hardly enough,” but also a “step in the right direction.”
“The fact that we can spend so much on every other priority under the sun tells you where, unfortunately, the priorities are in Congress,” he told reporters. “But I do want aid to go to working families. So I will probably support this on that basis, and pretty much only on that basis.”
President Trump
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“He’s okay with the direct payments,” Graham said of Trump. “He probably would do more.”
McConnell pointed to the president as the reason the checks were included.
“At the specific request and emphasis of President Trump and his administration, our agreement will provide for another round of direct impact payments to help households make ends meet and continue our economic recovery,” he said.