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Biden Renews Commitment for $1,400 COVID Stimulus Checks

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden renewed his commitment Wednesday
   to send $1,400 checks to millions of adult Americans to boost the
   country's coronavirus-ravaged economy. But he said he was open to
   Republican demands to tighten restrictions on who would get the money.

   In a call to Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives and
   later at a White House meeting with a group of Democratic senators,
   Biden called for quick passage of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief
   package that includes the stimulus checks, pushing aside a call by some
   Republican senators for a more limited $618 billion deal.

   Biden told the House lawmakers he was willing to set lower income
   limits on who would get the $1,400 checks, but not cut the size of the
   stipends. Coupled with $600 payments approved by former President
   Donald Trump in December, the combined $2,000 in assistance would equal
   Biden's promise during his winning campaign last year for the White
   House.

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