Stimulus Package Update Senate Vote
The house voted on monday evening to increase the size of stimulus checks to 2 000 meaning the fate of the higher payments now rests with the senate.
Stimulus package update senate vote. If the full senate considers stand alone stimulus check legislation all 48 democrats and independents who caucus with them would likely vote for it. Washington post economics reporter. The senate didn t vote to increase the size of the payment to 2 000.
A bill proposing increasing the approved 600 stimulus check for covid 19 relief to 2 000 is expected to be brought to a vote in the senate as early as tuesday after the house approved the. Biden has made new stimulus checks a central promise specifically telling georgia voters that they would be getting 2 000 payments if democrats won senate runoff elections in the state this week. The legislation now heads to president donald trump s.
Many in washington see the current 900 billion stimulus bill as a precursor to a larger relief package in 2021 that would. The senate has passed a 2 3 trillion coronavirus relief omnibus spending package following the house s passage earlier monday evening. The house voted on monday evening to increase the size of stimulus checks to 2 000 meaning the fate of the higher payments now rests with the senate.
With an agreement made the current house and senate would vote before the new. The vote came a day after president donald. It would then need support from 12 of the.
The vote came a day after president donald trump finally signed off on a 900 billion covid 19 relief package that he threw into doubt last week after declaring.