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As lawmakers debate the next round of stimulus aid, some want to limit the number of people who would get a check.

U.S. President Joe Biden has released a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package plan that would provide the third round of stimulus checks for Americans who need it. Under this proposal is a $1,400 stimulus checks waiting to be issued.

Credit...Pool photo by Stefani Reynolds A dozen years ago, just before Barack Obama was sworn in as president amid the Great Recession, I wrote a disconsolate column titled “The Obama Gap.” At a time when many viewed the president-elect as a transformational figure, I lamented the caution of his economic policy. His proposed stimulus, I argued, would fall well short of what was needed. Sadly, I was right. And as I also warned at the time, Obama didn’t get a second chance; the perceived failure of his economic policy, which mitigated the slump but didn’t decisively end it, closed off t...

As lawmakers debate the next round of stimulus aid, some want to limit the number of people who would get a check.

Requiring work in exchange for benefits is an unfair system that doesn’t help the neediest. But that could change.