More stimulus checks could be coming your way as Congress could still vote to add additional payments
HOPE continues to grow that Congress will approve a fourth round of stimulus checks as part of President Biden's next stimulus package.
now support a further round of stimulus checks, possibly with recurring monthly payments until the end of the Pandemic.
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As of May 6, a Change.org petition for monthly recurring checks of $2,000 has racked up and appeared on Change.org's list of the top 10 petitions that changed 2020.
The petition was started by Denver, Colorado-based restaurant owner Stephanie Bonin last year.
Support for the proposal has continued to grow since January, when Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and 55 other Democratic legislators stressed the need for recurring payments in .
"Recurring payments would provide a long-term lifeline to struggling Americans for the duration of this deadly pandemic,” the letter read.
"We need $2,000 recurring checks until the end of the pandemic. I joined @TimRyan, @MichaelDTubbs, Stephanie Bonin, and Natalie Foster to push for $2,000 recurring payments for Americans until the economy is fully recovered," in support of the Bonin's petition.
A found the proposal is also popular with the American people, with 65 percent of those surveyed expressing support for recurring monthly $2,000 payments.
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In another on March 2, 11 Democratic senators including Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders pushed for recurring monthly payments.
The letter cited an that concluded just one additional $1,200 check, along with additional unemployment insurance, could keep 12 million Americans above the poverty line.
According to , online searches for "Biden fourth stimulus" and related terms skyrocketed by 250 percent during Biden's speech to Congress marking his hundredth day in office.