AMERICANS could still get their $1,200 stimulus check as “Nancy Pelosi and the White House discuss a potential deal.” The House Speaker is set to meet with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to talk about the bill on Thursday, sources told CNN. Pelosi told reporters that same day that the conversation could be […]
AMERICANS could still get their $1,200 stimulus check as “Nancy Pelosi and the White House discuss a potential deal.”
The House Speaker is set to meet with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to talk about the bill on Thursday, sources told CNN.
Pelosi told reporters that same day that the conversation could be “very short” if compromises are not made.
“If they are willing to meet us in the middle, then we can sit down and talk,” Pelosi said.
“You called me? I’m returning your call. Are you ready to bring much more money to the table?”
She added that she is only meeting with Meadows, who she dubbed as “not even the lead negotiator,” as he reached out to her.
“We do not have shared values. That’s why it’s very hard to come to an agreement on this,” she said.
House Democrats passed the $3trillion HEROES Act in May, but Senate Republicans countered with a much smaller $1trillion package this month. Both packages did include another round of $1,200 stimulus checks for eligible Americans.
However, Democrats and Republicans have not been able to come to an agreement about how to move forward on several aspects of a relief package – with both sides blaming the other for stalling the bill.
The deadline to agree on a package came and went earlier this month, and Congress adjourned for summer break without coming to an agreement.
Congress was not meant to meet again until September 8, however, there was some hope that talks of stimulus checks would begin again when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called lawmakers back to Washington DC last week for a vote on a $25billion funding bill for the US Postal Service.
However, a bill has still not been agreed on.
The fate of a second round of stimulus checks remains uncertain.
Forbes predicts that a package will not be approved in August, but there is a slight chance that Congress – after returning from recess – will move in a bill in September.
In that case, Americans could see another round of checks hit their bank accounts in October.
