Huge delay to $1,200 stimulus checks as deal may not be reached until OCTOBER because lawmakers have gone on recess
LAWMAKERS have gone on summer recess - prompting a huge slowdown to the proposed second round of $1,200 stimulus checks.
And now, a deal may not be reached until October because the Senate adjourned on Thursday and House members have left Washington, D.C. - without finalizing a package.
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“If the Speaker of the House and the minority leader of the Senate decide to finally let another package move forward, it would take bipartisan consent to meet for legislative business sooner than scheduled."
The Senate will get back to work on September 8 and The House of Representatives on September 14.
The recess was technically supposed to begin earlier this week, but McConnell kept the chamber in session in a final attempt to get some sort of package passed.
With Democrats and Republicans still butting heads, Senators argued there was little reason to remain in DC with no progress being made, according to .
If Treasury Secretary and Chief of Staff Mark Meadows can reach an agreement with Congressional Democrats and schedule a vote, Senators will get at least 24 hours to return, according to The Hill.
The website predicts that if a deal is reached by August 21, checks will be sent out by September 2.
If a deal is passed the next Monday, on August 24, checks could be sent by the week of September 14.
said Thursday that he is blocking the $2trillion put forth by Democrats because it allots $25billion in emergency funding to the US Postal Service, which he said was "election money" for mail-in ballots.
House Speaker and Democrats have proposed a $3trillion stimulus package under the HEROES Act, which the speaker said was bringing money to areas impacted most by the crisis.
The Speaker said she and are willing to negotiate to a $2trillion package so long as are , up from their $1trillion package.