Category: stimulus checks

Next Round of Stimulus Checks Should Target the Most Needy: Ron Johnson

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said on Tuesday that the next round of stimulus checks should be subjected to more stringent eligibility requirements and target those most in need to minimize the debt burden. In a series of tweets, the Wisconsin Republican argued that targeting the aid more narrowly would avoid encumbering future generations by more…


IRS and Treasury Begin Sending Stimulus Checks to Millions of Americans

Americans can expect to start receiving a second round of stimulus checks, with some coming as early as Tuesday night, according to the Treasury Department. Known officially as economic impact payments (EIP), the checks are part of the implementation of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021, the pandemic relief bill that President…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Dec. 29)

The House votes to increase direct stimulus checks to $2,000 and chooses to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the NDAA spending bill, a judge blocks a voter purge in Georgia, and a Republican lawmaker from Texas is suing Vice President Mike Pence.


Rep. Mo Brooks on $2,000 Stimulus Checks: ‘Show Me How We’re Going to Pay for It’

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) suggested on Monday that he would oppose the bid to increase the pandemic relief checks from the current $600 to $2,000, which President Donald Trump and others have called for. The Alabama Republican, in remarks to “Fox and Friends,” expressed concern about funding the more generous direct payments to American families,…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Dec. 28)

President Donald Trump signs a $2.3 trillion spending bill but demands Congress revisit the amount Americans receive in direct stimulus checks, Authorities identify the suspect in the Christmas Day blast in Nashville, Tennessee, and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani says new information coming out will make states want to de-certify their results.


Relief Bill in Limbo as Trump Demands Bigger Stimulus Checks for Americans

President Donald Trump forced the months-long pandemic relief saga into overtime on Dec. 22 with the surprise release of a video statement in which he derided the mammoth spending measure’s “wasteful” provisions for foreign governments and demanded more money for American taxpayers. The president did not use the word “veto,” but all but implied that…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Dec. 23)

Top Democrats agree to increase stimulus checks to $2,000 dollars after President Donald Trump said he could veto the bill if they don’t, Trump pardons his former adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about Russia meddling in the 2016 election, and Trump attorney Lin Wood alleges that judges won’t look at election…


Mixed-Status Immigrant Families Eligible for Stimulus Checks Under New Relief Bill

Under the newly-passed $900 billion pandemic relief bill, U.S. citizens and green card holders who are married to illegal immigrants will now be eligible for stimulus checks that they were denied under the previous round of COVID-19 aid. Members of mixed-status households, meaning ones in which some members have Social Security Numbers (SSN) and some…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Dec. 21)

Updates on the disputed election. The Trump campaign says it’s shifting its focus to Dominion voting machines. Congress reaches an agreement on a $900 billion dollar aid package. As part of the deal, Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin says Americans could receive the stimulus payment as early as next week. And people in London try to…