The House passed President Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package. While the bill faces hurdles in the Senate, the provisions authorizing another round of stimulus payments seem safe.
The March 14 deadline
If the Senate passes their version of the bill by the end of the week, that gives the House time to re-pass the new version in their own chamber. It also gives the President time to sign it and gives states an opportunity to readjust their unemployment benefits with the increased benefit.
Yes, Democrats are on schedule right now and many aides have told CNN it s a strange feeling after four years of tumult under former President Donald Trump. There are no doubts Biden is going to sign this proposal. There is no tweet coming for bigger stimulus checks. The White House and congressional Democrats are in lockstep here. They have been the whole time, and it s part of the reason this package looks so identical to Biden s plan. It s also why they may meet their deadline of having enacted the bill by March 14 when a weekly federal enhancement in benefits is scheduled to expire.
"These income thresholds need to stay the same," the Progressive Caucus chair said Sunday. "We need to get money in people's pockets, and this is the quickest way to do that."