How a Third Stimulus Check Could Differ From the First and Second Payments
By Rocky Mengle of Kiplinger |
There s no guarantee, but
a third stimulus check certainly appears to be on the horizon. Many people thought the second-round $600 checks were too little, too late. As a result, the push for a third round of payments began before the law authorizing the second-round payments was even signed into law. And now that Democrats control both chambers of Congress and the White House, a third stimulus check almost seems inevitable.
But there are a lot of open questions about third stimulus checks. For instance, President Biden wants your next stimulus check to be for $1,400, but progressives in Congress haven t given up on $2,000 checks. And how much will you get for your kids? Who will qualify? How will they be calculated? These are just some of the questions that will need to be answered as Congressional Democrats and the president hammer out an agreement that can withstand