Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. email IRS is Ready to Distribute Stimulus Checks if Trump Approves Bill President Trump threw lawmakers for a loop after he blasted a pandemic relief spending package as insufficient. The outcome is uncertain. While there will likely be some challenges in distributing the second round of stimulus payments authorized in the $900 coronavirus relief bill awaiting President Trump’s signature, the Treasury Department is better positioned to handle the payments than it was during the first round earlier this year. Whether or not the department has an opportunity to demonstrate that is another matter. President Trump blasted the relief package in a video message late Tuesday as being insufficient, but House Republicans on Thursday rejected a move by Democrats to increase the stimulus payments.