The US Government began sending aid checks for $ 600

The #United #States #Government began to send aid in the form of a direct payment of $ 600 that #Americans will receive on #Tuesday night to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic, as announced by #Treasury #Secretary #Steven #Mnuchin.

#Through #Twitter, he advanced the day before: “These payments may begin to reach some bank accounts such as direct deposits as early as tonight and will follow next week”.

#Further, the #Treasury will mail paper checks to all those who do not have a bank account registered in government databases.

The #Treasury announcement comes at a time when the US #Senate, with a #Republican majority, is still evaluating whether to increase these direct payments from $ 600 to $ 2,000 that are included in a $ 900 billion stimulus package that both houses of #Congress passed a week ago.

#For five days, outgoing US #President #Donald #Trump resisted ratifying the stimulus package, although on #Sunday night he backed down and agreed to sign it. #However, this delay will impact the amount and speed of amounts distributed as part of the package.

#However, the president asked that the aid that all #Americans with an income less than 75,000 dollars a year will receive be increased to $ 2,000. #Paradoxically, #Trump and the #Democrats agree to increase those payments, but the #Republicans have been divided#Some support the increase as a popular idea among #Americans and others cling to the tradition of the party, which had always advocated fiscal discipline and control of public spending.

#This #Tuesday, the leader of the #Republican majority in the #Senate, #Mitch #McConnell, refused to allow the measure to be put to a vote and outlined his strategy, which will consist of linking that increase to direct payments to the creation of a commission to study the #November 3 elections.

#Democrat #Joe #Biden won those elections and will take office on #January 20, but #Trump refuses to acknowledge the results and has assured without evidence that there was fraud.

#So by tying the paycheck increase to the election, #McConnell puts #Democrats in a difficult position.

#In negotiations on direct checks to citizens, both #Democrats and #Republicans are trying to get political revenue ahead of the #January 5 elections in #Georgia.

#That day, #Georgia holds elections to elect those who will occupy the two seats that correspond to this state in the federal #Senate, something that will serve to decide which party has the majority in that chamber.

(#With information from EFE)

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