Congress has been urged to pass a stand-alone stimulus bill to immediately provide Americans with second stimulus checks of $1,200 after talks of approving a larger stimulus package of $2.2 trillion have stalled.
New Stimulus Bill for $1,200 Direct Payments to Americans
U.S. President Donald Trump is calling on Congress to quickly pass individual coronavirus relief aid measures, including a stand-alone bill to provide $1,200 stimulus checks to Americans immediately. He tweeted on Tuesday:
If I am sent a stand alone bill for stimulus checks ($1,200), they will go out to our great people immediately. I am ready to sign right now.
He followed this tweet with another one on Wednesday that is directed at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It says: “Move fast, I am waiting to sign.”
Trump’s action follows him abruptly calling off negotiations with Democrats on a larger stimulus package until after the election. The president announced Friday that he tested positive for coronavirus. According to reports, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin subsequently told Pelosi during a phone call on Tuesday that negotiations were over.
The president explained in a series of tweets on Tuesday: “Nancy Pelosi is asking for $2.4 trillion dollars to bailout poorly run, high crime, Democrat states, money that is in no way related to Covid-19. We made a very generous offer of $1.6 trillion dollars and, as usual, she is not negotiating in good faith. I am rejecting their request, and looking to the future of our country. I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major stimulus bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and small business.”
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