$2400 CHECKS? SENATE VOTE TODAY $1400 Third Stimulus Check Update + WEEKLY Unemployment PUA SSI

Republican Representative Peter Meijer recently stated his problems with President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package, but not for the reason that many of his GOP party mates believe.

Meijer wants to boost the number of stimulus checks offered to eligible Americans by $1,000, from $1,400 to $2,400, but only to certain groups of people.

Under this new stimulus proposal, $2,400 stimulus checks would go to individuals making less than $50,000 a year, rather than the $75,000 threshold offered in the American Rescue Plan.

Meijer explained: “At the end of the day, there is spending that could be accounted for or that the American people can target direct needs and the fact that I can put together a proposal that’s been scored and that is $1 trillion less.”

While I’d love to see $2,400 stimulus checks going out to the Americans that need financial support the most, a price tag of $1 trillion or less is just not sufficient enough to help the millions of people that still desperately need disaster relief funds.

Meanwhile, in an effort to delay negotiations on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion…