Updated: Apr 21 2021, 7:19 ET
PRESSURE is being piled on Joe Biden to introduce recurring direct payments to struggling families as the Covid pandemic continues to take its toll.
A fourth round of stimulus checks could be on the cards after it was revealed a third of Americans said they still can t make ends meet - despite three payments being sent out in the last year.
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Joe Biden is being pressured to give the go ahead for at least one more stimulus checkCredit: Splash
It has led to calls for monthly payments to be handed to those hampered by the impact of the ongoing Covid pandemic.
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Fourth $1,400 stimulus check looking more likely as 20 Dems demand Biden keep cash flowing until pandemic is over
Updated: Apr 19 2021, 5:34 ET
A FOURTH $1,400 stimulus check is on the cards as congressional Democrats demand Biden keeps supporting hard-hit Americans until the pandemic is over.
It comes as a new report by an advocacy group calls stimulus checks critical relief that should continue.
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The President is being urged to include more direct aid in the $2.3 trillion infrastructure planCredit: Alamy
Biden is being urged to include more Covid relief in the $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan he is now formulating.
About 20 Democratic U.S. senators, including Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden of Oregon and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, have sent Biden a letter calling on him to put new relief payments in his Build Back Better infrastructure package.
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Here’s what we know about a 4th stimulus check
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While many Americans are still awaiting the arrival of third stimulus checks, many lawmakers are pushing for recurring direct payments throughout 2021 as part of a fourth stimulus package. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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The third stimulus payments of up to $1,400 per American are still being dolled out by the Internal Revenue Service.
In fact, the IRS, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced this week that more than two million supplemental stimulus checks are being delivered in the fifth batch of Economic Impact Payments (EIP).