Push for FOURTH $1,400 stimulus check and more recurring payments supported by 70 lawmakers
Updated: Apr 10 2021, 20:54 ET
THE push for a fourth stimulus check and additional recurring payments is being backed by up to 74 lawmakers.
Around two weeks after President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion stimulus package into law, more than 20 Senate Dems joined the call for recurring payments in the next stimulus round.
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Not many lawmakers in the middle seem to support the concept of recurring payments.Credit: Getty
And now more congressional members have joined the progressive push for a continued cash injection into people’s bank accounts.
The effort to push for more checks throughout COVID-19 began in January when U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar and 52 other House Democrats asked Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to push for recurring checks.