After the news broke that the Trump administration was ordering that the president’s name appear on stimulus checks, the question focused on whether the move would delay the checks actually being disbursed.
On Tuesday night, the Washington Post published a story that had been bubbling for weeks: The Trump administration was ordering that the president’s name appear on the memo line of the paper coronavirus stimulus checks set to be distributed soon.
In 2001, the government sent a retroactive tax rebate as part of President George W. Bush’s tax legislation. Then, the 2008 Economic Stimulus Act, also during the Bush administration, included checks of $600 per individual with $300 per dependent child. The president’s name did not appear on checks in either of these instances.
The Treasury Department also recently announced that 80 million Americans will see the money this week via direct deposit. The first batch of printed checks is expected to arrive by April 24. Any delays may only impact the first round of checks, which will be distributed in waves. Rep. Tim Ryan , a former presidential candidate himself, was asked about it on Yahoo Finance. “Are you freaking kidding me?” he responded. He added a possible preview of the message to voters: “I just think that the average person where I grew up, where we come from in Ohio, is just appalled by something so obnoxious as trying to get your name on your check for your own political gain.”
Story continuesThe Republican pushbackOn April 3, Trump was asked if he wanted to sign the stimulus checks himself. At the time, he said no. “There’s millions of checks,” he said. It’s “a Trump administration initiative but do I want to sign them? No.”
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