Kamala Harris makes final pitch for $2,000 second stimulus checks to be sent EVERY MONTH until coronavirus pandemic ends

DEMOCRATIC Senator Kamala Harris one again pushed for a $2,000 recurring coronavirus check. Speaking with MSNBC, Harris said “a one-time check of $1,200″ is not enough. “Together with Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey, I’m proposing that we have not just that one time check of $1,2000,” Harris told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. “Through the course of […]

DEMOCRATIC Senator Kamala Harris one again pushed for a $2,000 recurring coronavirus check.

Speaking with MSNBC, Harris said “a one-time check of $1,200″ is not enough.

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Sen. Kamala Harris once again called for recurring $2,000 stimulus checks[/caption]

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Mock-up of a coronavirus stimulus check[/caption]

“Together with Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey, I’m proposing that we have not just that one time check of $1,2000,” Harris told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes.

“Through the course of this pandemic and crisis, we need to give people $2,000 a month as recurrent payments, people below a certain income level to help them and sustain them through these months of crisis so that at the end of it they can get back up on their feet instead of having fallen deep deep deep into the crevices of this crisis.”

She then accused Republicans of “standing in the way of supporting working people who have recently lost their jobs.”

“You want to talk about a deficit? Let’s talk about the deficit created when they passed that tax bill benefiting the top one percent and the biggest corporations in America. It’s pure hypocrisy on their part,” Harris said.

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‘Through the course of this pandemic and crisis, we need to give people $2,000 a month as recurrent payments…’ Harris said[/caption]

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Harris accused Republicans of ‘standing in the way of supporting working people who have recently lost their jobs’[/caption]

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Harris launched a bill pushing for the monthly $2,000 payments alongside Senators Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey [/caption]

“This is about investing in the American people, in American families, and working people who need their government to see them and protect them through a crisis that was not of their making,” she added.

Harris and other lawmakers introduced the Monthly Economic Crisis Support Act, pushing for the $2,000 checks in early May.

The Senator’s comments came as a second coronavirus check is up for debate in congress as part of another emergency stimulus package.

The $3trillion HEROES Act was passed in the House in May, and is now up for debate in the Senate.

If passed, the checks would give $1,200 per individual, for up to $6,000 per household.

Democrats have pushed for checks going directly into the pockets of Americans, but Republicans have favored other forms of economic relief.

Within the White House, there is reportedly fighting about passing another virus check.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has pushed for more stimulus checks to be passed, while trade adviser Larry Kudlow has encouraged a cut in payroll taxes.

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Harris hugs Joe Biden during a campaign in Michigan on March 9[/caption]

Multiple news outlets reported that President Donald Trump will not sign off on another stimulus package unless there is a payroll tax cut included.

Congress comes back from a two-week recess on Monday, before heading into another month-long recess in August.

Mnuchin called for the package to be passed this month.