Will Americans get a second $1,200 stimulus check? What we know
Both Democrats and Republicans have indicated they support sending a second round of stimulus checks
By Megan Henney FOXBusiness
The fate of a second stimulus check was thrown into uncertainty last week when White House officials and Democratic leaders missed a self-imposed deadline to cut a deal on another round of emergency coronavirus aid.
President Trump, seeking to bypass Congress, instead signed four executive orders intended to provide American families and businesses with additional financial relief, including deferring student loan payments through the end of the year, discouraging evictions, postponing payroll taxes through the end of the year and extending jobless aid for out-of-work Americans by $400 per week.
Because the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the authority to determine federal spending, the executive measures did not include a second $1,200 cash payment.
However, both Democrats and Republicans have indicated they support sending a second round of stimulus checks.
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