Congress still hopeful for $1,200 stimulus checks as current bill without money heads to finish line
ANOTHER coronavirus relief bill from a bipartisan group of senators could be proposed as early as next week.
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy said the $908billion proposal would not include a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks – despite both parties having expressed support for more direct payments.
Cassidy, one of 10 senators working on drafting the proposed package, also said that the bill “is not a stimulus bill, it’s a relief bill.”
Stimulus checks are not expected to be added to the final version of the bill as the bipartisan group works to meet cost-cutting demands.
The proposal would represent a compromise between the rejected $2.2trillion plan from and a $550billion proposal from .
CNN’s Jake Tapper said that told him he hopes the bill passes but and branded it as a “starting point” for further negotiations.