<p>On Monday, the House voted to increase<a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/?s=stimulus+checks&;post_type=post"> stimulus</a> checks from $600 to $2,000.</p>
<p>After Trump made a request for bigger stimulus checks, it appears that his wishes were granted. At least, with the House, for the time being. Though the bill passed the House with a 275-134 Democrat-led vote, the bill now heads to the GOP-led Senate for final approval.</p>
<p>While some Republicans are opposed to more spending, others joined in and voted for the bill that would increase the checks to $2,000.</p>
<p>“Republicans have a choice: Vote for this legislation or vote to deny the American people,&#8221; House Speaker Nancy stated.</p>
<p>The initial additional $600 agreement was a compromise with Republicans over the big year-end relief bill that included $900 billion in COVID aid and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-health-care-reform-legislation-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-3ba55f6ae819ad2be2319dfa218012b8">$1.4 trillion to fund government </a>agencies.</p>
<p>&#8220;The bill will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and avert a federal government shutdown that otherwise would have started Tuesday, in the midst of the public health crisis,&#8221; according to The Associated Press.</p>
<p>According to CBS News, while Trump did sign the bill in the 11th hour, unemployment benefits lapsed just 18 hours before.</p>
<p><span class="link">&#8220;<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unemployment-benefits-12-million-americans-lose-after-christmas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">An estimated 12 million Americans</a></span> lost their unemployment assistance after two key government programs authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, expired on December 26, according to a <a href="https://tcf.org/content/report/12-million-workers-facing-jobless-benefit-cliff-december-26/?agreed=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">study</a> released last week by The Century Foundation, a progressive think tank.&#8221;</p>
<p>People will still receive the unemployment benefits, but there&#8217;s a chance there will be a slight delay, due to Trump&#8217;s late signature, according to reports. Because of this, they&#8217;re likely to receive back pay for the week(s) of payments that may be missed.</p>
<p>As you may know, Mitch McConnell rejected the request to increase the stimulus checks to $2,000.</p>
<p>In response, Bernie Sanders tweeted, “All of a sudden Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans are worried that someone in America might get a $2,000 check ‘who doesn’t need it.”</p>
<p>He continued, “Funny. They had no problem giving a $1.4 billion tax break to Charles Koch and his family with a net worth of $113 billion. What hypocrisy!”</p>
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