You could still get a $2,000 stimulus check in three weeks as House set to vote within days
YOU could still receive a $2,000 stimulus check in three weeks as the US House of Representatives is set to vote within days.
Donald Trump's $2,000 stimulus checks could be agreed on Monday after forced a showdown vote in the House.
US Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin said earlier this week that payments could come within the first three weeks of 2021.
The House Speaker is set to bring the House back to session for a "recorded vote" next week after destroyed a unanimous vote on the hefty cash sum on Thursday morning.
Following the blockage, Pelosi said: "On Monday, I will bring the House back to session where we will hold a recorded vote on our stand-alone bill to increase economic impact payments to $2,000.
However, Missouri Senator Roy Blunt doesn't believe $2,000 stimulus checks will pass the Senate.
According to the , the top Republican told reporters on Thursday: "There’s been some apparent misunderstanding about what’s in the regular appropriating bill and what’s in the COVID relief bill, and generally the regular appropriating bill includes things the administration asked for.
"It took us a long time to get to where we are. I think reopening that bill would be a mistake."
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Two hours after it passed in the House, senators approved it with a 92-to-6 vote.
The hard-won agreement currently includes $600 checks for individuals, however, Trump has said he wants a larger relief payment of $2,000 per person.
Pelosi tweeted "Mr. President, sign the bill to keep government open!" after saying Democrats were ready to bring the stimulus checks discussion to the floor by "unanimous consent."
hinted that he would veto the agreed relief bill in a blistering Twitter address on Tuesday, a day after it was agreed.
appeared to call Trump's bluff, saying "let’s do it!" after months of talks with Mnuchin and members calling for a smaller package.
If Trump successfully upped the individual payment to $2,000 for individuals and kept the $600 for child dependents, could pocket over $5,000.
the IRS and Treasury could have started sending out the payments over the next seven days.
Mnuchin added: "We call them 'checks in the mail,' but most will be direct deposits.
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"It will be within three weeks. We are determined to get money in people's pocket immediately. So that will be within three weeks."
Checks will be sent out quickly depending on the payment type people are getting - i.e. direct deposit or a check. First in line will be those who got it directly into their accounts.