Biden tells Democrats he would consider limits on who gets Covid-19 checks

Biden and the Democrats agreed on the need to move swiftly to get $1,400 stimulus checks to Americans, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters

President Joe Biden told congressional Democrats on Wednesday he would not back down on including $1,400 checks for struggling Americans in his Covid-19 relief plan but would consider tighter limits on who gets them, lawmakers and aides said.
 

Biden held a conference call with House of Representatives Democrats and talked with Democratic senators at the White House as the party prepared to use a procedural maneuver to push Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package through without Republican votes if necessary.
 

"We did have a conversation about the direct payments and how those might be modified in a way to ensure