The Senate has reached an agreement with President Joe Biden that would lower the income limits required to receive a $1400 coronavirus stimulus check. So under the Senate deal, individuals making $80,000 or more, heads of households making $120,000 or more and couples making $160,000 or more would not receive a stimulus check. THE Senate could pass the relief bill with $1,400 stimulus checks this week – but the $15 minimum wage looks as if it will be dropped. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would look to address President Trump’s call to increase stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000. The House bill changes the stimulus package to include a $2,000 check for individuals with income of up to $75,000 and a $4,000 check for married couples with income of up to $150,000. The IRS is still distributing the third direct payments, but a group of Senate Democrats are calling on Biden to introduce recurring stimulus checks in the upcoming economic package. So under the Senate deal, individuals making $80,000 or more, heads of households making $120,000 or more and couples making $160,000 or more would not receive a stimulus check. Under the latest proposal, individuals earning up to $75,000 per year would receive $1,400 checks, but the payments would decline sharply up to $80,000, where they would phase out completely. The key difference is the legislation the Senate passed phases out the $1,400 stimulus checks at a faster rate for those with incomes above the initial levels. Schumer wouldn't say whether the $2,000 stimulus checks would be a narrow bill, like the House passed, or part of a larger stimulus package. Efforts to increase second-round stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 died in the Senate. Bill provides 1,400 dollar stimulus checks to most Americans and 300 dollar weekly unemployment checks until September 6 The House of Representatives voted Monday to give most Americans $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks, but the bill may still die in the Senate. Most … Stimulus Checks Gain Momentum in Senate, But McConnell Won’t Commit to Vote The measure to raise direct payments from $600 to $1,200 passed the House, but the Senate … The majority leader said the Senate may consider the larger stimulus checks and would also look at two other demands from President Trump: … Meanwhile, Sanders has pledged to delay the Senate's vote to override Trump's veto of the critical defense spending package unless McConnell holds a full recorded vote on $2,000 stimulus checks. Senate Democrats have struck a deal to lower the income cut off for receiving a stimulus payment as part of the coronavirus bill, a Democratic aide confirmed to The Hill. The key difference is the Senate plan phases out the $1,400 stimulus checks at a faster rate for those with incomes above the initial levels. That means some people won’t get stimulus checks … A new Congress will be sworn in on Sunday…perhaps they will revive the idea. The stimulus was trimmed from $2,000 to $1,400, then the upper-income limit was lowered to $100,000, and then it was lowered to $80,000, cutting 12 million people off from the benefit. The Senate has no immediate plans to vote on a House-passed bill to increase the coronavirus relief stimulus checks to $2,000. A proposal by Senate Democrats to lower the income cap for COVID-19 stimulus checks would leave out nearly 12 million Americans, according to a new analysis. CNBC reports that the Treasury Department is moving ahead but can’t actually send the payments until the stimulus is passed by the Senate. The move would see President Joe Biden’s $1.9trillion Covid relief bill taking a step closer to coming into effect but it won’t include the so-called Plan B. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook Senate Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont pushed, without success, for a Senate vote on $2,000 stimulus checks Friday as the clock winds down on the 116th Congress. Senate approves third stimulus check. Democrats are now poised to take control of the Senate, and one of the last things that Mitch McConnell did as Majority Leader was to repeatedly block $2,000 stimulus checks. Under the Senate's COVID-19 plan, stimulus checks would phase out at a higher rate, and end for individuals making $80,000, and couples earning $160,000. The odds of a fourth stimulus check look a little less remote now that nearly two dozen Senate Democrats have sent a letter to President Biden urging more direct payments. Now, stimulus checks phase out for single people at $80,000, head-of-household filers at $120,000, and couples at $160,000. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's bid to unanimously pass $2,000 stimulus checks.