https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-vote-increasing-coronavirus-stimulus-checks-2-000-n1252429
Dec. 28, 2020, 11:56 AM EST / Updated Dec. 28, 2020, 1:39 PM EST
By Dareh Gregorian
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill Monday evening to increase direct coronavirus relief payments to some people to $2,000, though the measure faces an uphill battle in the Republican-run Senate, despite support from President Donald Trump.
The legislation would increase the $600 in direct payments to those who earned less than $75,000 last year to $2,000. Because the bill was brought up using an expedited procedure, it required a two-thirds majority to pass the House.
Trump insisted on increasing the payments after his administration struck a deal for the $600 checks as part of a coronavirus relief and government spending package, which passed both chambers of Congress last week and which his administration helped to negotiate.
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