Second Stimulus Bill 2020 Congress Gov
There s a theoretical chance that the new congress could bring up a bill to increase the 600 second stimulus check to 2 000 during trump s final days in office with the irs and us treasury.
Second stimulus bill 2020 congress gov. The legislation offers a wide range of help both for individuals and for struggling elements of the economy from mass. A second covid 19 relief bill was passed as. The spending primarily includes 300 billion in one time cash payments to individual.
Text for h res 897 116th congress 2019 2020. Congress in december 2020 included aid to foreign countries while giving americans 600 relief checks. The second stimulus will include 15 billion for airline payroll support 10 billion for state highways another 2 billion for airports and related businesses and 1 billion for amtrak.
Breaking down the 900b stimulus package and 1 4t omnibus bill. With prospects of a second stimulus check before joe biden is in the white house come 20 january waning hopes are now being pinned on joe biden s plans in 2021 to bring much needed help to. I am asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low 600 dollars to 2 000 or 4 000 for a couple.
Congressional leaders on monday released the text of a 5 593 page covid 19 stimulus package hours before a midnight government funding deadline. Expressing the sense of the house of representatives that there should be a direct emergency economic stimulus for individual americans in response to covid 19. The coronavirus aid relief and economic security act also known as the cares act is a 2 2 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 116th u s.
President donald trump signed on sunday evening a 900 billion pandemic relief bill into law that includes enhanced unemployment benefits and direct cash payments. He tweeted a video that urged congress to increase the stimulus checks.