McConnell opens door to more coronavirus stimulus checks for low-income Americans

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Frank Thorp V and Julie Tsirkin and Dareh Gregorian
,NBC News•July 6, 2020


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Monday that the next round of coronavirus legislation could include an additional round of stimulus checks aimed at helping low-income Americans.

Asked at one of three public events in Kentucky whether the relief bill would include more direct payments, McConnell said it "could well."

"I think the people who have been hit the hardest are people who make about $40,000 a year or less. Many of them work in the hospitality industry. The hospitality industry, as all of you know, just got rim-racked — hotels, restaurants — and so that could well be a part of it," McConnell said.

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