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What’s not clear is whether the package would include a second stimulus check. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have voiced support for a direct payments in the next aid deal.

This means another round of direct payments to most Americans hangs in the balance. If they were to happen, it may not be in 2020.

Both Mnuchin and Trump have supported another round of stimulus checks for Americans as part of a second coronavirus relief bill.

Nearly 22 million people are out of work from the coronavirus pandemic that has infected 8.5 million people and killed about 220,000 Americans. But a deal on another coronavirus relief package could be within reach.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — While some are hoping for a second stimulus check, others say they’re still waiting for their first one. Pam Mann just wants her stimulus money. “I was expecting to get the $1,200 stimulus,” Mann said. “I was gonna use it for my medical. I need a breathing machine. I need certain brand […]

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday the Senate would vote on a trimmed-down Republican coronavirus relief package, though it has a slim chance of passage in the face of Democrats’ insistence for more sweeping aid. The Kentucky Republican released the approximately $500 billion measure as senators returned to Washington for an abbreviated […]

President-elect Joe Biden unveiled his American Rescue Plan on Thursday. The $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan is expected to provide much-needed relief to the economy by speeding up the vaccine rollout, provide financial help to individuals, states and local governments and businesses and include a third stimulus check.

Mnuchin promised a fresh round of $1,200 stimulus checks would be coming in August.

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is putting pressure on congressional leaders to accept a split-the-difference solution to the protracted impasse over COVID-19 relief in a last-gasp effort to ship overdue help to a hurting nation before Congress adjourns for the holidays. The group includes Senate centrists such as Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan […]

Democrats are urging for another round of money to be sent to Americans while Republicans aren’t ready to commit to the idea.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed to revive talks on an aid package expected to include $1,200 direct payments.