Third stimulus check updates today: when it’s coming, $1400 payments, IRS tax

Widespread support for Biden’s stimulus bill

In Congress, the President has struggled to find any Republicans who will back his American Rescue Plan, with GOP lawmakers unwilling to support the $1.9 trillion of federal spending that the bill requires. However across the country the picture is very different, with a whopping 76% of the population calling for Congress to pass the legislation.

Part of the recent for this popularity may be the proposed third stimulus check that is contained within the bill, offering up to $1,400 as a direct payment to eligible Americans. The first large-scale bill provided checks worth up to $1,200, but that was signed last March and there has been little in the way of direct payments since then. 

An emergency bill signed in December provided a $600 stimulus check, but there is a clear need for another burst of spending to assist Americans who are struggling to put food on the table. Recent estimate put the number of people in the US experiencing some form of food poverty at a staggering 27 million.