President Biden and the GOP have been going back and forth over proposed stimulus plans. Biden’s plan would entail sending each eligible person another $1,400 on top of the $600 they recently received in December reaching a total of $2,000. In Biden’s plan, the stimulus would also be given to dependent adults, unlike the earlier rounds of money that were dispersed. Another benefit of Biden’s plan is that it would allow for households with a mixed immigration status to receive money, as before undocumented spouses with no Social Security number were ineligible. On the other hand, the GOP has proposed a plan where lower income adults receive $1,000 and dependent adults and children would receive $500.
Biden and the GOP will be meeting to discuss whether they go with Biden’s $1.9 trillion package or the GOP’s $618 billion package, which would be a fraction of what Biden hopes to give out. Biden has made it known that he feels his plan would still be too little, however Republicans are fighting hard to dismiss his proposal as they feel Congress has already given out a costly amount of money. Biden has let it be known that if he does not reach an agreement with the GOP lawmakers by the end of the upcoming meeting, he is open to passing a bill without Republicans.
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