If stimulus checks are raised to $2,000, here’s how that would work

After months of back-and-forth negotiations, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agreed on another coronavirus stimulus package that includes direct payments to many Americans for $600.

Then President Donald Trump shocked Washington when he called the package a “disgrace” and suggested he wouldn’t approve of the bill unless the checks were upped to $2,000.

Although Trump did end up signing the package into law on Sunday even with the lower payments, there’s still an effort afoot to get $2,000 into the hands of Americans facing financial difficulties amid the pandemic.