Senate Democrats split on who should receive $1,400 checks
Posted on AllSides February 5th, 2021
From The Left
Senate Democrats are divided on who should get the next round of stimulus payments, setting up a dispute as they try to approve $1,400 checks in the next Covid-19 relief package.
The most recent round of stimulus checks were cut off for people making more than $99,000 a year, or couples that made above $198,000. President Joe Biden recommended the same threshold in his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package.
But some Democrats want to see that income cap lowered.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., wants to "ensure upper-income taxpayers are not...