As soon as Joe Biden was elected as the 46th President of the United States in November 2020, he made an announcement for the US citizens. According to Biden, every citizen of the United States was to receive a stimulus check as a coverage check due to the pandemic.
Out of all the countries affected by the pandemic, United States was a country that took the most amount of damage. The death toll of the United States of America is way more than any other country and even now the country is facing a hard time.
The country has been making all the efforts in order to fully get rid of the coronavirus from the country. Vaccines have already been rolled out in the entire country to ensure not a single corner is left without being vaccinated.
In order to make sure that the government was somehow helping the citizens of the country, Biden proposed the idea of issuing stimulus checks. Initially, it was proposed that each stimulus check should be worth $2,000 and there should not be any condition.
There should not be any restrictions or conditions in place to decide who would be eligible to receive the checks. However, the initial request was not fully requested and although the stimulus checks are approved, congress approved the checks if they would be $1,400.
Further to the stimulus check amount amendment, congress also announced that there would be certain conditions that the citizens would be required to meet in order to receive the checks.
It has been confirmed by Joe Biden’s administration that the eligible citizens of the country will start receiving the money from the stimulus checks directly into their bank accounts.
The above information was shared by Jen Psaki on Thursday, March 11, 2021, who is the press secretary of the White House. She revealed that the process of making direct deposits into people’s accounts would several weeks to end.
She confirmed that there would be a total of 159 million households in the entire country that would be eligible to receive the checks. In total, Congress has approved a total of $1.9 trillion in the form of stimulus checks, as a coronavirus relief fund.
Psaki also confirmed that for individuals, the check would be for a maximum of $1,400. However, for couples living in the same household, the check amount may be doubled to $2,800.
As per requirements, if an individual has made a lesser or equivalent of $75k per year, then they are eligible for a $1,400 stimulus check. If the person has a family then the head of household will receive the stimulus check of $1,400 if their salary is below or the equivalent of $112,500 per year.