Stimulus check: Why there may be a second round of payments this May 2020?

The first round of stimulus check payments were distributed by the Internal Revenue Services in April to help millions of Americans during the outbreak


The US house of Representatives managed to squeeze the Heroes Act through on Friday by 208 votes to 199, opening up the possibility of a second round of stimulus checks for US citizens during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on the back of the $3 trillion relief package championed by House speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The Heroes Act will still face significant opposition from the Republican-controlled Senate and the White House but if the bill fails to pass into law after debate on the floor of the upper house, a consensus compromise is still expected to be reached between Democrats and Republicans to provide hard-hit Americans with a second round of financial support sometime during May.

More than $200 billion has already been paid out to US citizens in the form of stimulus check payments of $1,200 from the Internal Revenue Services (IRS). This came after the government approved a $2 trillion relief package in late March to counter the economic setbacks of the crisis, known as the CARES Act.