COVID Relief: House Passes Bill To Increase Stimulus Checks to $2,000
WASHINGTON (CBS News) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday voted to pass a bill to increase the $600 stimulus checks to $2,000, with 275 members voting for the bill and 134 voting against it. The bill received the needed two-thirds majority of the members voting to pass in the House.
But it faces an uncertain future in the Senate, where two-thirds majority is also needed in order for the bill to head to President Trump's desk. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has not indicated if he will bring a vote to the floor on the larger checks.
Mr. Trump last week urged Congress to increase stimulus checks to $2,000, threatening not to sign the COVID-19 relief economic relief package that gave Americans $600 checks. But on Sunday night, the president gave in and signed the legislation.
